World Cup Qualifiers

Venezuela earn a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Chile to get their first 3 points

Venezuela hosted Chiletoday at theEstadio Olímpico de la UCV trying to get their first victory of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Check out the highlights and goals of La Vinotinto's win over Chile in a very dramatic game.

Luis Mago (center) celebrates after scoring Venezuela's first goal against Chile. (Getty)
Luis Mago (center) celebrates after scoring Venezuela's first goal against Chile. (Getty)

Venezuela received Chile with a very difficult task in front of them for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. La Vinotinto had never beatenChile at home, had lost their first three games of the qualifiers and received an inspired Chilean team.Check out the highlights and goals of this game.

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Luis Mago and Salomon Rondón gave Venezuela a very important victory to close the year and there was no better rival than Chile, an historicallydifficult side for the La Vinotinto. Arturo Vidal continued his good moment, scoring the tying goal, but that wasn’t enough to get past a difficult rival in José Peseiro’s team.

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Venezuela vs Chile: Match preview

Venezuela receive Chile at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV Tuesday trying to turn things around after losing their first three matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Here, you can find everything you need to know about this soccer match, such as the preview, information, storylines, predictions, odds and how to watch or live stream it in the US.

La Vinotinto come from suffering an expected defeat against Brazil at the Morumbi Stadium last week, but now they have to step up and beat the inspired Chile that will try to keep their good moment in the qualifiers.

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Chile just won another edition of the ‘Clásico del Pacífico’ against Perú, thanks to two goals by Arturo Vidal. The Chilean side now want to keep their good pace against the weakened Venezuelans, who need a victory as soon as possible.

Venezuela vs Chile: Match Information

Date: Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM (ET) / 1:00 PM (PT)
Location: Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

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Venezuela vs Chile: Time In The U.S By State

ET: 4:00 PM
CT: 3:00 PM
MT: 2:00 PM
PT: 1:00 PM

Venezuela vs Chile: World Cup Qualifiers Standings

South America World Cup Qualifiers Standings

South America World Cup Qualifiers Standings (conmebol.com).

Venezuela vs Chile: Head-To-Head

Chile have the advantage over Venezuela in their all-time duels. Venezuela won 2 direct matches. Chile won 11 matches while 2 games ended in a draw.

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Venezuela vs Chile: Leading Scorers

Venezuela: Salomón Rondón (30)
Chile: Aléxis Sánchez (45)

Venezuela vs Chile: Storylines

Venezuela hasn’t scored a single goal in three games so far in the qualifiers. They lost their first against Colombia 3-0 before losing against Paraguay, at home, by 0-1. Brazil repeated the dose with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Morumbí.

As for Chile, they lost against Uruguay the first game of the season by 2-1 before tying with Colombia 2-2 and beating Perú 2-0 to earn their first victory of the campaign. They have a good opportunity to make it back-to-back wins against Venezuela this Tuesday.

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How To Watch Or Live Stream Free Venezuela vs Chile In The U.S

This game between struggling Venezuela and inspired Chile will be broadcasted by Fanatiz USA, beIN SPORTS en Español, beIN SPORTS CONNECT in the United States.

Venezuela vs Chile: Predictions and odds

Despite being the home team, Venezuela are seeing as the underdogs entering this game. Oddsmakers see Chile as the favorite, giving them +130 odds, +225 to the host team while the draw would result in a +215 payout.

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DrafKings
Venezuela +225
Tie +215
Chile +130

* Odds via DraftKings

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