Paraguay and Chile face each other for Matchday 13 of the South American World Cup Qualifiers 2022 today. Both teams are in need of points to climb position in the standings. Here, take a look at the predicted lineups for this Conmebol WCQ game.
The home side is in the eighth spot of the standings with 12 points and only two wins so far. In their last World Cup Qualifiers games, they lost to Chile (2-0) as visitors and were defeated 4-0 by Bolivia. Now they need to recover at home.
Meanwhile, Chile are in the sixth position of the table, after not only defeating their next rivals, but also winning 3-0 against Venezuela. Their last defeat was against Peru (0-2) during Matchday 11. They will like to get their third consecutive win.
Paraguay lineup
Paraguay will have all his players available for the game against Chile. Centre-back Alderete, who saw the red card against the Chileans in October, will be back after the suspension, however it’s unlikely to start in the defense. This will be Guillermo Barros Schelotto's first game in charge of Paraguay.
This is their lineup: Antony Silva; Robert Rojas, Gustavo Gomez, Junior Alonso, David Martinez; Mathias Villasanti, Jorge Morel, Matias Rojas, Miguel Almiron; Antonio Sanabria, Angel Romero.
Chile lineup
Meanwhile, Charles Aranguiz, who also served a suspension for a red card, is ruled out of the upcoming international games with a right-calf injury. Besides him, there’s no other injured players.
This is Chile's lineup: Claudio Bravo; Enzo Roco, Gary Medel, Guillermo Maripán; Marcelino Núñez, Claudio Baeza, Arturo Vidal, Eugenio Mena, Diego Valdés; Alexis Sánchez, Ben Brereton Díaz.
