Chile v Argentina Betting Tips [26 June 2024]

The pressure is on for Chile as they prepare to face Copa America holders Argentina this Wednesday. Argentina lead Group A with three points and Chile are second, tied with Peru on one point. Chile, back to back Copa America winners in 2015 and 2016, have been on the decline in recent years. They will hope to make this a more memorable year, though an aging squad isn’t helping a lot. Here they face not only the holders, but also the tournament favorites, who also happen to be world champions. As such, Chile must bring their best game. They have failed to beat Argentina in their last six meetings but will take credit for having lost just three times in that period. It hasn’t been a decent run for Chile coming into the Copa America. They have three wins only in the last 11 matches. Chile failed to score in six of those 11 matches.

Argentina had the perfect start to their Copa America title defence, beating Canada 2-0 in the opening game. It wasn’t a walk in the park against the debutants though, as Argentina only got their opener in the second half. The second goal came late, but the job was well executed. Argentina will be unfazed about having to take on Chile, after a dominant run against them in recent matches. Two times Argentina lost to Chile in the last 12 meetings, it happened to be on post-match penalties after 0-0 draws. Those two were in the 2015 and 2016 Copa America final matches. times have changed and Argentina don’t look like they’d fall to Chile in their current shape. Lionel Scaloni’s side has a six-game winning run coming here. In those six wins, they kept four clean sheets, only conceding two goals.

Argentina struggled a bit in their opening game but in the end were comfortable winners, without conceding. Their sixth straight win, and fourth clean sheet carry them to this game as favorites. Chile have failed to get the better of Argentina in most of their recent meetings with the champions. We expect the same to be the case here, looking at recent performances. Our prediction for Chile v Argentina is for Argentina to win with a clean sheet.