Copa America 2024 Prediction Thread

[boltz]

Indeed Columbia are one of the best teams of the tournament although I can only pick a handful of the teams that are upto world class standard and I think Columbia is amongst them. Although Costa Rica have their own way of things as they magical drew Brazil to an all nill draw but I think that same result will be hard to replicate against this Columbian side who are actually playing quite well.

Colombia is doing good and they are leading right now with 3 goals to 0 vs Costa Rica which managed to get a draw when they faced the Brazilian team! I don't know if this result shows how powerful is Colombia or how bad is Brazil currently.. There is like 15 minutes left in the game by the way and Costa Rica is away from scoring a goal apparently.
In another match played hours before, Uruguay won 5 - 0 against Bolivia. I believe Bolivia will quit from the group stage. The political instability might contribute to these bad performances and results.

Well the US beat Bolivia 3-0 and Uruguay is leagues better than the US team that lost to Panama.  So 5-0 shouldn't seem so far off of where they should be.  The real game in this group will be Bolivia vs Panama.  I can't see the US beating Uruguay so if Panama can win they can lock up 2nd place.  Sad showing for the US side.

I think Uruguay vs USA will end in a draw because Uruguay will manage some important players and rest them for next phase. For me , Uruguay played the best football so far in Copa America and I think they will reach finals for sure and with a bit of luck they can even win it.

I really don't like what Brazil is playing so far because they are treating every game like a friendly one and last night they had luck in 2 goals from their total of 4 and without Vini.JR , who could actually score for them ? I also think if they face Argentina in next phases , they will be simply smashed with what football is Argentina currently playing. 

[Ayers]

Vinicius Junior has been in excellent form this season. He has played well in La Liga and Champions League and scored a lot of goals. 15 goals and 5 assists in 26 matches in La Liga. Scored 6 goals and 4 assists in 10 Champions League matches. VIni has won both Champions League and La Liga titles. And now Vini is performing very well in the national team jersey. This year's Ballon d Or contender is now Vini. Vinicius has the best chance to win the Ballon dOr.

We saw Brazil's poor performance against Costa Rica. But Brazil's overall performance against Paraguay impressed everyone. Vini scored two goals. Brazil would have won the match 5-1 had Paqueta not missed the first penalty.

A big victory over Paraguay allowed Brazil to maintain their hope and chances to qualify for the last 8, previously the Brazil squad received a lot of criticism after they were only able to get 1 point from a weak Costa Rican team, although Brazil dominated in the match against Costa Rica but the bluntness of the front line made Brazil have to end the match with a score of 0-0,  If we compare the quality of the existing squad, of course Brazil has been the favorite to winner from Group D since the beginning of the Copa, but instead we see the surprise of how Brazil started the first match with only 1 point and made many people who began to think skeptically about Brazil ability to win copa.
Vinicius has shown quite an impressive performance with Madrid, so indeed Brazil at this time of course depends on Vinicius to be able to lead Brazil to win the Copa America, currently the Brazil squad actually has a lot of talented young players, but I think the lack of experience of these young players in international matches certainly makes Brazil not as strong as we thought.

This win was much needed by Brazil. For a long time we have not seen good performances from Brazilian players. The performance of this team has been very erratic in the last few matches. Despite having a strong squad, the players were not able to perform well. Even in the first match of the Copa America, we do not see a better performance than Brazil. So a 4-1 win against Paraguay will boost the confidence of Brazil's players. Brazil can do well in the Copa America if the players are confident. Otherwise Brazil will not be able to qualify for the finals with such an erratic performance. .

Brazil will play against Colombia in the next match. Colombia is a strong team. Colombia won both of the two matches. Colombia also won the last match against Brazil by a margin of 2-1. So it is going to be very difficult for Brazil to win their next match.

[rdluffy]

I think Uruguay vs USA will end in a draw because Uruguay will manage some important players and rest them for next phase. For me , Uruguay played the best football so far in Copa America and I think they will reach finals for sure and with a bit of luck they can even win it.
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United States should have taken 6 points, or at least 4 points from the games against Bolivia and Panama, to go into the last game with more peace of mind, but with the defeat to Panama, it got very complicated

A draw against Uruguay would be very good in a normal situation, but now it will depend entirely on the Panama x Bolivia game
Bolivia still have a very remote chance of qualifying, but they still have

I really don't like what Brazil is playing so far because they are treating every game like a friendly one and last night they had luck in 2 goals from their total of 4 and without Vini.JR , who could actually score for them ? I also think if they face Argentina in next phases , they will be simply smashed with what football is Argentina currently playing. 

Yesterday Brazil played well, created plenty of chances and won without too much difficulty
Brazil are still at the start of a new cycle, while Argentina are already a continuation of Scaloni's work, so Argentina is better at the moment, I agree

[Jaycoinz]

Indeed Columbia are one of the best teams of the tournament although I can only pick a handful of the teams that are upto world class standard and I think Columbia is amongst them. Although Costa Rica have their own way of things as they magical drew Brazil to an all nill draw but I think that same result will be hard to replicate against this Columbian side who are actually playing quite well.

Colombia is doing good and they are leading right now with 3 goals to 0 vs Costa Rica which managed to get a draw when they faced the Brazilian team! I don't know if this result shows how powerful is Colombia or how bad is Brazil currently.. There is like 15 minutes left in the game by the way and Costa Rica is away from scoring a goal apparently.
In another match played hours before, Uruguay won 5 - 0 against Bolivia. I believe Bolivia will quit from the group stage. The political instability might contribute to these bad performances and results.

Well the US beat Bolivia 3-0 and Uruguay is leagues better than the US team that lost to Panama.  So 5-0 shouldn't seem so far off of where they should be.  The real game in this group will be Bolivia vs Panama.  I can't see the US beating Uruguay so if Panama can win they can lock up 2nd place.  Sad showing for the US side.

I think Uruguay vs USA will end in a draw because Uruguay will manage some important players and rest them for next phase. For me , Uruguay played the best football so far in Copa America and I think they will reach finals for sure and with a bit of luck they can even win it.

I really don't like what Brazil is playing so far because they are treating every game like a friendly one and last night they had luck in 2 goals from their total of 4 and without Vini.JR , who could actually score for them ? I also think if they face Argentina in next phases , they will be simply smashed with what football is Argentina currently playing. 

The Copa America is just not like other competition especially when it comes to the knockout stages for me I think most of all the draws during that round can actually even end up at penalty shoot out. Some of the teams that we even expect that are going to be scoring lots of goals actually isn't even scoring and it just makes the whole competition a lot boring .

[ILuckyGuyI]

Firstly I don't expect any surprising trophy winner in this year's competition. I think there are only 3 candidates which can do this. These are Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay obviously.  

• Argentina look pretty decent. It is nice to see Messi not retiring from national team yet and he is also doing his best.
• Brazil's first game effort was really good but not enough for the win. However it was such a great compensation later by a huge win over Paraguay.    With this many star players they are also very dangerous.
• I see Uruguay like a "secret favourite" of the competition.    An amazing start with many goals... While the teamwork is at high level and they have capable players, you should be careful while facing them.

[criptoevangelista]

Firstly I don't expect any surprising trophy winner in this year's competition. I think there are only 3 candidates which can do this. These are Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay obviously.  

• Argentina look pretty decent. It is nice to see Messi not retiring from national team yet and he is also doing his best.
• Brazil's first game effort was really good but not enough for the win. However it was such a great compensation later by a huge win over Paraguay.    With this many star players they are also very dangerous.
• I see Uruguay like a "secret favourite" of the competition.    An amazing start with many goals... While the teamwork is at high level and they have capable players, you should be careful while facing them.

There is also the Colombian team that has been playing great games, I would put them among the favorites and take out Brazil, for me the Brazilian team doesn't even make it past the group stage. I'm very pessimistic about the football presented over the last few months... the match against Paraguay was something out of the ordinary.

[rdluffy]

There is also the Colombian team that has been playing great games, I would put them among the favorites and take out Brazil, for me the Brazilian team doesn't even make it past the group stage. I'm very pessimistic about the football presented over the last few months... the match against Paraguay was something out of the ordinary.

I also agree with the inclusion of Colombia as a candidate for this year's title
The Copa America is not always won by the usual favorites, incredibly even Bolivia has 1 title hehehe

My guess is Argentina as champions, but obviously there could be a surprise
It will be very interesting to watch the Colombia x Brazil game to see the level of the two teams and how Colombia will perform from the quarter-finals onwards

[snipie]

My guess is Argentina as champions, but obviously there could be a surprise
It will be very interesting to watch the Colombia x Brazil game to see the level of the two teams and how Colombia will perform from the quarter-finals onwards

I am also thinking that Argentina is the favourite team to win the title but it appears that Messi suffers from an injury that will prohibit him from playing the third game in the group stage and who knows for how long it takes to recover. I believe it is not a very serious one since I heard it is muscular one, so maybe a week?
Colombia in the other hand is doing good and might advance to the finals in my opinion. For the Brazilian team, they won by 4 goals to 1 against Paraguay, that was good until you see the very bad defensive line the Paraguay team has! Just watch the second and third goals scored by Brazil, they were pure mistakes of defenders, especially the third one
I still have to see Brazil doing good against a solid team to say they are contenders for the title.

[Chilwell]

Argentina vs Peru

Argentina — Martinez; Montiel, Pezzella, Otamendi, Tagliafico; Palacios, Paredes, Lo Celso; Di Maria(C), Martinez, Garnacho.

Peru — Gallese; Corzo, Zambrano, Callens; López; Cartagena, Peña, Reyna, Polo; Flores, Guerrero(C).


Canada vs Chile

Canada — Crepeau; Johnson, Bombito, Cornelius, Davies(C); Laryea, Shaffelburg, Eustaquio; Osorio, David, Larin.

Chile — Arias; Isla, Lichnovsky, Maripan, Suazo; Nunez, Echeverría, Osorio, Sánchez, Dávila; Vargas.

The first half have been played and it's not funny for any of the teams because this is the final group stage match that can decide who to go to the next round, it comfirm that Argentina have qualified the same team depend on how Canada and Peru end their match, from look of things Canada have the higher chances of making it because Argentina dominated the entire game during the first half and will also continue to dominate even the second half, while Chile dominate the ball possession in the first half, Canada will not give a chance this time around. Let watch and see the second team to qualify and see who got eliminated.

[Bitcoin_people]

Argentina vs Peru 0-2 in this match Argentina win points table they are at the top position with nine points. However, Argentina are far ahead as the strongest team in the Copa America this season and they are performing in every match. Argentina have a strong chance of winning the Copa America once again this season, winning every match so far. Argentina have qualified for the next round and they will surely be more excited. With the way Argentina are showing improvement in their playing performance, this season is likely to be even better for them.

[joniboini]

For the Brazilian team, they won by 4 goals to 1 against Paraguay, that was good until you see the very bad defensive line the Paraguay team has! Just watch the second and third goals scored by Brazil, they were pure mistakes of defenders, especially the third one
I still have to see Brazil doing good against a solid team to say they are contenders for the title.

At least it's a step up from their previous match. I think cup matches are unpredictable by nature so who knows how they will play against Columbia. I hope they advance to the knock-out so we have an interesting tie here and there, to be honest. But they need to improve and stop relying on mistakes or luck to score in the future.

for me the Brazilian team doesn't even make it past the group stage. I'm very pessimistic about the football presented over the last few months... the match against Paraguay was something out of the ordinary.

I think the chance for them to finish third is quite low though. Costa Rica needs to win with at least 6 goals to match the goal difference if Brazil loses against Columbia by a goal. Obviously, the chance will increase if Columbia breezes past them with 3 goals or more if my math is correct. CMIIW.

[bitcampaign]

I really don't like what Brazil is playing so far because they are treating every game like a friendly one and last night they had luck in 2 goals from their total of 4 and without Vini.JR , who could actually score for them ? I also think if they face Argentina in next phases , they will be simply smashed with what football is Argentina currently playing. 

I think the Brazilian players only play individually rather than playing as a team, it is clear that their game is full of individual ambition which is the difference in the current era, that Ronaldinho is fed up with the quality of the Brazilian National Team squad this season and is even reluctant to watch his country in the Copa America 2024, "I've had enough. This is a sad moment for those who love Brazilian football. It's difficult now to find the spirit to watch the match," said Ronaldinho on Instagram.

Of course, this is one of the worst teams in Brazil's history brought by Dorival Júnior. In my opinion, Dorival Júnior deserves to be fired if they are unable to get Brazil through to the next round even though they are currently in second place in Group D.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

Yesterday Brazil played well, created plenty of chances and won without too much difficulty
Brazil are still at the start of a new cycle, while Argentina are already a continuation of Scaloni's work, so Argentina is better at the moment, I agree

Victory over Paraguay is very important for Brazil to maintain their chances of qualifying for the next phase. The success of taking three points from Paraguay may be their best performance since entering the new cycle. The change of coach and the many new faces that graced the Brazilian national team made it difficult for them to form a complete strength because they were still building chemistry with each other and adapting to the tactics used by the coach.
Argentina is still the favorite, they are still very strong compared to other teams because they still maintain a coach who was successful in the World Cup and still have senior players in their squad. It is undeniable that Argentina is better than Brazil, but they also have to maintain their performance if they want to retain the trophy they won in the previous edition.

[AirtelBuzz]

Argentina vs Peru 0-2 in this match Argentina win points table they are at the top position with nine points. However, Argentina are far ahead as the strongest team in the Copa America this season and they are performing in every match. Argentina have a strong chance of winning the Copa America once again this season, winning every match so far. Argentina have qualified for the next round and they will surely be more excited. With the way Argentina are showing improvement in their playing performance, this season is likely to be even better for them.

Today's match was really tight.I was looking forward to see Argentina's performance in this match as most of their star players were absent from today's match. Notably, few other players including the lifeblood of their team Lionel Messi and defender Romero did not play in this match. Still, Argentina played well against Peru today and ended up winning by 2-0 goals.
Argentina won all three group stage matches to qualify for the quarter-finals as group champions. Maybe their next target will be to reach the semi-finals and after reaching the semi-finals their target will be to reach the final and win the title.

[kro55]

Indeed Columbia are one of the best teams of the tournament although I can only pick a handful of the teams that are upto world class standard and I think Columbia is amongst them. Although Costa Rica have their own way of things as they magical drew Brazil to an all nill draw but I think that same result will be hard to replicate against this Columbian side who are actually playing quite well.

Colombia is doing good and they are leading right now with 3 goals to 0 vs Costa Rica which managed to get a draw when they faced the Brazilian team! I don't know if this result shows how powerful is Colombia or how bad is Brazil currently.. There is like 15 minutes left in the game by the way and Costa Rica is away from scoring a goal apparently.
In another match played hours before, Uruguay won 5 - 0 against Bolivia. I believe Bolivia will quit from the group stage. The political instability might contribute to these bad performances and results.

Well the US beat Bolivia 3-0 and Uruguay is leagues better than the US team that lost to Panama.  So 5-0 shouldn't seem so far off of where they should be.  The real game in this group will be Bolivia vs Panama.  I can't see the US beating Uruguay so if Panama can win they can lock up 2nd place.  Sad showing for the US side.

Uruguay players are in very good form. It will be very difficult for the USA to score points against Uruguay right now. Uruguay dominated and won the first two matches. If the USA is very lucky, they might be able to pick up a point against Uruguay. But the probability of this is very low.

On the other hand, Bolivia is the weakest team in this group. The team lost in 2 matches. and conceded 7 goals. The players of Bolivia were not able to score a single goal. So the chances of Panama winning against Bolivia are high. In the second place of the table, we will probably see the Panama team.

[aylabadia05]

Argentina vs Peru 0-2 in this match Argentina win points table they are at the top position with nine points. However, Argentina are far ahead as the strongest team in the Copa America this season and they are performing in every match. Argentina have a strong chance of winning the Copa America once again this season, winning every match so far. Argentina have qualified for the next round and they will surely be more excited. With the way Argentina are showing improvement in their playing performance, this season is likely to be even better for them.

Now Argentina just has to wait who will be the runner up of Group B, either Ecuador or Mexico to be their opponent in the quarter finals of the Copa America.
Beating Peru with a score of 2-0 without Messi shows that they are ready to go with the squad available even though Argentina has already ensured their qualification if they lose to Peru.

I regret that Chile did not qualify because they failed to win against Canada. Chile was actually one of my favorite teams in this year's Copa America, but they could only finish third in Group A. The remaining teams that could challenge Argentina for the Copa America title this year are Uruguay and Brazil.

[bering]

Even playing without Messi Argentina is too strong for Peru that without any trouble Argentina can overcomes Peru with final score 2-0 and for Peru unfortunately they unable to repeat their achievement on previous tournament because at that time Peru can advances to the final match but for the current tournament Peru has displaying poor performance which make them have to finish at the bottom of group table because Peru only got 1 point

For other team Canada debut appearance in this tournament is really went well because surprisingly they can playing draw against strong team Chile and this result is makes them can collect 4 points from 3 matches with automatically this result can makes them to advances to the next round because Canada can finish at runner up place under Argentina and it's interesting to know who is Canada upcoming opponent at quarterfinal but most likely Venezuela will being an their opponent on that stage because Venezuela have already to collect 6 points and their chances to finish at first place is very wide open

[HajiBagi]

The Brazilian national team gave a fantastic victory in this match, they managed to beat Paraguay with a score of 4-1. Brazil's victory this time was very impressive through good cooperation, as was done by Vinicius Jr. Vinicius managed to have a very significant impact on their victory this time, by providing 2 goals, and even the goal scored by Savio was also an impact provided by Vinicius Jr. This match was very interesting because of the many attacks between the two teams and of course the performance given by Vinicius Jr, who deserved to be the man of the match this time.

Vinicius showed in the game that he deserves the Ballon Dior award, after performing in the first match with a goal or an assist and people are criticizing him for not playing well as someone who deserves Ballon Dior, I love the way he plays the game because he dribbles Paraguay defender like he uses to do in Real Madrid, everybody is happy for his performance because he deserves the award and he needs to show up for every game Brazil has and help them to win it, even without a goal he should give them an assist and make sure they win the match.

Brazil is playing against Colombia in their next match and Brazil needs to play very well in the match, Colombia had good players and they are very strong, Brazil needs to win the match against Colombia, in fact the match is the match that they are supposed to show up that they are good players and win the match, although Brazil can qualify in the group stage but they need to win the match against Colombia to improve their performance in the tournament and I believe if Brazil play well they will win.

[arimamib]

Now Argentina just has to wait who will be the runner up of Group B, either Ecuador or Mexico to be their opponent in the quarter finals of the Copa America.
Beating Peru with a score of 2-0 without Messi shows that they are ready to go with the squad available even though Argentina has already ensured their qualification if they lose to Peru.

I regret that Chile did not qualify because they failed to win against Canada. Chile was actually one of my favorite teams in this year's Copa America, but they could only finish third in Group A. The remaining teams that could challenge Argentina for the Copa America title this year are Uruguay and Brazil.

Argentina and Canada have secured a place in the quarter-finals to keep their hopes of winning this year Copa alive, Argentina who have indeed ensured a place in the last 8 must have a hard time facing Peru who indeed have very little hope of qualifying for the next round because they have never won even in the previous match, Although Peru no longer had any hope of qualifying, in that match they actually performed quite well in dampening every attack made by Argentina and even actually made Argentina a little difficult in the second half.

Playing without Messi, did not make Argentina lose their dominance in the match but the solid defense from Peru made Argentina have to struggle to win in the last match of the group phase, currently Argentina of course only needs to wait for one of the three teams that have the opportunity to qualify for the next round as runners-up from group B, Ecuador and Mexico are of course one of the strong candidates to be opponents of Argentina,  But we must also not forget that if Venezuela loses to Jamaica in the last match, of course they can also be the opponent of Argentina in the quarterfinals.

[Velvet78]

Here is the current standings after leaving most of the games in the group phase behind.



https://copaamerica.com/en/groups

Argentina confidently reached quarter finals. Messi didn't play in the last game but it didn't matter. Lautaro Martinez had a superb effort with 2 goals.    Now they are waiting for their opponent which is going to be the 2nd placed team of Group B. It is so hard to predict the result of the Mexico - Ecuador game. Maybe a draw and it would be enough for Ecuador to finish at their current position.

It looks like Venezuela will be Canada's opponent. There is a chance to see a Uruguay - Brazil match in quarter finals. It would be one of the early finales for me.