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The eighth date of the South American qualifiers for the United States-Canada-Mexico 2026 World Cup It will be played next Tuesday and will close with the match between Paraguay and Brazil from 9:30 p.m. (Argentine time) at the Defenders of Chaco stadium in Asuncion. The match will be broadcast live on TyC Sportsa channel that can be tuned online on the digital platforms TyC Sports Play, Flow, DGO and Telecentro Play. In addition, on Canchallena you can follow the match minute by minute with information and statistics updated instantly.
In the run-up to the match that the Uruguayan will referee Esteban Ostojichthe favourite to win according to the betting forecasts is the visitor with a maximum rate of 1.69 against 6.60 for a defeat, that is, a victory for the home team. A draw is 4.0.
The match between Paraguay and Brazil will be played at the Defensores del Chaco stadiumCanchallena
The Paraguayan team managed a good draw against Uruguay as a visitor 0-0 in their last presentation, in which he debuted as a coach Gustavo Alfarobut they need to win again to climb the standings in a table that has them in seventh place, in a position to qualify for the play-offs, with just six points in seven games – the same amount as Bolivia, but with a better goal difference – the result of one win, three draws and three losses.
The Canarinha, for its part, won its last match against Ecuador 1-0 and climbed to fourth place with 10 points thanks to three wins, one draw and three losses. Although it took some air, it cannot relax and needs, little by little, to build a team to become fearsome again, as its history requires. That is the obligation of Dorival Junior, the coach who took over at the beginning of this year and who, for the moment, has not been able to bring the Brazilian team back to the forefront. In fact, in the 2024 Copa América they barely tied with Alfaro’s Costa Rica – he left that team and took over in Paraguay recently – and said goodbye in the quarter-finals at the hands of Uruguay.
Gustavo Alfaro began his cycle in the Paraguay national team with a draw against Uruguay awayDANTE FERNANDEZ – AFP
The last time both teams met was on June 27 at the Copa América United States 2024, for the second date of Group D, and Brazil won 4 to 1 with a double of Vinicius Jr. plus one conquest each of Savinho y Lucas Paqueta of criminal. Omar Alderete temporarily discounted for the Paraguayan team.
Following FIFA’s modification of the number of teams that will participate in each World Cup from 2026 onwards (there will be 48, as opposed to the 32 participants in the last seven World Cups), The qualification process in each member federation has also changed. In the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), the format of the game remains the same, but not the number of places: it went from four and a half to six and a half (five direct and one through play-offs).
The 10 teams belonging to Conmebol (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) play each other in a round-trip format, which means they will play 18 matches each. Those that finish between first and sixth place will qualify directly for the World Cup to be held in the United States-Mexico-Canada, while the team that finishes in seventh place will have to face a playoff against a team from another confederation.
The standings for the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World CupCanchallenaTHE NATIONConocé The Trust Project
