Brazil vs Bolivia Betting Odds

Match: Brazil vs Bolivia

Competition: Copa America 2019

Time & Date: 1:30am UK,  June 15th 2019

Venue: Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Stream: Bookmaker Live Streaming

Brazil vs Bolivia Statistics & Facts

• Brazil has won the oldest continental football tournament in the world eight times
• The hosts are unbeaten in opening matches against CONMEBOL teams since 1975
• Bolivia won only one of their 14 Copa America opening matches against Brazil

Even though Brazil is favoured to win the tournament, they have been waiting to lift the trophy since 2007. Therefore the Brazilians expect their team to win the title on home soil. However, even before the tournament has started, Brazil has to cope with a major injury.

Neymar has been ruled out of action for four weeks due to an ankle injury. He picked up the injury in a friendly match against Qatar before the tournament. There is obviously not a single player in the world who can replace him, but the Brazilians need to look forward regardless. Experts are predicting that David Neres will take his position on the field.

Brazil has won the Copa hosting the tournament in 1919, 1922, 1949 and in 1989. Even though they have been less successful when hosting the World Cup, Brazil always managed to win the title when hosting the Copa. However, expectations are higher than ever. While the team won many titles in the past, they put up rather poor performances during the most recent international tournaments. In the Copa 2016, Brazil did not even make it out of the group stage.

 

Bolivia

Bolivia is the lowest ranked CONMEBOL team in the competition and has to go up against the favourites. While playing against Brazil might sound exciting, it is definitely the toughest draw for them. Even though the other opponents Venezuela and Peru may not be world-class teams, Bolivia will remain the underdog in these games as well.

Only three players are playing outside the first division in Bolivia. The team won only one of their last 10 matches – against Myanmar. However, in the past World Cup qualifiers, they have been able to beat Chile. Bolivia is especially dangerous when playing at home. The Hernando Siles Stadium in La Paz has an altitude of 3.637 meters which makes playing football extremely difficult. When playing on the road Bolivia is a rather mediocre team though.

 

Brazil vs Bolivia Head-to-Head

Brazil has not lost to Bolivia since 2009. The last time both teams played against each other in the World Cup qualifiers ended in a goalless 0-0 draw. Playing on the road against Bolivia has always been difficult and the Brazilians only won four times against them since 1930.

On the other hand, we need to take into consideration that Bolivia is a completely different team when playing away from home. They have not been able to win a single game in Brazil in their entire history. Therefore Brazil should definitely be confident heading into this match.

 

Brazil vs Bolivia Betting Tips

Even though Neymar will be missing the entire competition Brazil is huge favourites against Bolivia. They are currently 1.05 to win the opener which reflects the ratio of power. The home team has more than enough to defeat Bolivia at home. Therefore we should definitely consider betting on Brazil to cover the handicap this game. Brazil -2 is currently 1.65 with Bwin which is an interesting option for this match. Bolivia simply lacks quality to keep up with a highly motivated Brazilian team that has usually performed very well when playing at home in the Copa America.

Brazil vs Bolivia Predicted Result: Brazil 4 – 1 Bolivia (Brazil -2)

Odds: 1.65

Bookmaker: Bwin

 

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