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Argentina v Canada
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Kick Off: Friday 21st June at 01:00
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Watch Live: Premier Sports 1
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Competition: Euro 2024
The Canadians will be making their debut at the Copa America against the reigning World Cup and Copa America champions, Argentina. The Canadians will be playing at the Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta, Georgia and although you might expect some home advantage, the stadium will be awash with Lionel Messi shirts.
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Jesse Marsch couldn’t have asked for a harder test for the first game at the Copa and has tried to prepare his team with friendlies against the Netherlands and France in recent friendlies in Europe, away from any distractions and additional pressure across the Atlantic.
Argentina come into this tournament in fine form, not letting their foot off the gas ever since their World Cup victory and will be just as hungry to add another trophy to their ever-expanding cabinet. Lionel Messi is still in great form, there are no obvious weaknesses anywhere in the team and they are rightful favourites for the trophy at an industry average price of 2.75.
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Argentina (-1.5) Asian Handicap @ 2.0 on bet365
As much as Canada will be giving their absolute best and working as a team to stop the star-studded Argentinian line-up, we can’t see the complacency or the huge slices of fortune we saw when Argentina played Saudi Arabia in the last World Cup.
The Canadian’s struggle to create chances against elite opposition will be a major worry and against Argentina’s backline, regarded as one of the best in the world, the task will be monumental.
If that wasn’t bad enough, Lionel Messi will be totally at home in his new American surroundings, after joining Inter Miami last season and their range of attacking options just look simply too strong for this Canadian side.
The odds reflect this with Argentina being offered at odds of 1.28. Our pick would be Argentina -1.5 Asian Handicap at 2.0 with bet365. If Argentina win the game by two or more goals, we win this bet and being offered a 50% chance of landing this selection, the odds are too good to turn down.
⚔️ Argentina v Canada Head-to-Head
The two sides have met on just one previous occasion in 2010 and Canada would rather forget that one as they were hammered 5-0. Angel Di Maria scored a goal in that match and is still in the Argentina squad for this current edition of the Copa America.
📊 Argentina Form and Stats
Since their shock defeat to Saudi Arabia in the World Cup opener, Argentina have lost just once, losing 2-0 to Uruguay in a CONMEBOL qualifier. During that time, they also pulled off a historic win against Brazil, in Brazil. The first time the Brazilians had lost a World Cup qualifier at home in their history. They sit top of the CONMEBOL qualification standings with five wins, two points clear of the only team to have defeated them so far, Uruguay.
Anyone thinking this team has won enough and isn’t hungry for more success can think again. One glimmer of hope could be Argentina’s struggles to score in those qualifiers, with just eight goals scored in those six qualifiers.
📊 Canada Form and Stats
Canada took a huge gamble with scheduling back-to-back friendlies against the French and Dutch in the run-up to the tournament. It looked like a bad decision when the Netherlands hammered them 4-0 but pride was restored with a well-fought 0-0 draw in France. The Canadian’s form guide is difficult to assess because of the disparity in quality between the lesser lights in North and South America. They were knocked out at the quarter-final stage of the CONCACAF Nations League back in November of 2023 which saw them demoted.
In their game against the Netherlands before the tournament, they conceded an xG of 3.14. One positive is that Jesse Marsch has only been in post since the middle of May, which in international terms has been just two games, and will have had some additional time to prepare his team shape and tactics for the tests to come.
* I recommend waiting for confirmed team line-ups before placing any bets.
* All odds displayed correct at the time of publishing.
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