Brazil face Ecuador in their last group game of the Copa America 2021. Brazil currently top the Group B with 2 wins out of 2, facing the mighty Colombians prior to their contest against Ecuador.

Ecuador, on the other hand, had a disappointing start to their Copa America campaign, just getting a single point out of their first 2 group stage games, losing to Colombia in their first game of the campaign, however showed their fighting spirit in the 2-2 draw against Venezuela in their last encounter. They face the weak Peru side prior to their critical Brazil test.

Brazil are the favorites to win the game against Ecuador, the side who are considered as the minnows for the group B of the Copa America. Brazil are in tremendous form, which is evident with their prominent displays against Peru and Venezuela, and are looking to extend on this form prior to the knockouts with a win against Ecuador. Ecuador have the ability to upset the reigning champions, but they need to play an aggressive game in order to obtain any result out of this game.

Many neutrals looking for their fix of summer football could turn to a Peru side who won admirers in Russia last year. While Peru played only three games and won just three points in their matches at the last World Cup, they come into this summer’s Copa America hoping for better. They’ve lost narrowly in their last two appearances at this tournament, so will they be able to start off another solid run in the competition when they face Venezuela on Saturday night?

Venezuela doesn’t have a glittering history in football, having never made the World Cup. They only beat the group stage at the Copa America for the first time in 2007 when they hosted the competition. In recent years they’ve had a mixed time, going out in the group stage of the last proper Copa back in 2015. However, they do head into this tournament with a little bit of form backing them, having beaten the USA 3-0 in a friendly ahead of their opener.

Peru do have a decent scoring record, having hit 10 goals in their last seven matches at the Copa America. They should look to get forward against Venezuela, while back to back 2-2 draws between these two suggest that they will put on a show in this clash. We’re backing both teams to score in this encounter, while we’re also backing a 1-1 final score.

Argentina claimed a narrow win over Ecuador at the weekend, with Lionel Messi hitting the only goal in a 1-0 victory. Now he and his team will be out to make it six points from six in the 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign.

The visitors head to a Bolivia side who have struggled for results on the international stage. The hosts have lost nine of their last 10 matches, while they lost 12 of 18 games in the last round of qualifiers.

Argentina come into this one with four wins to nil in five clashes with Bolivia, so we are backing the visitors to away with the points in this one. With Argentina winning three of their last four games, we think they’re value for the win in this one.

Uruguay have started their qualifying campaign with a little inconsistency. Impressive wins over Chile and Colombia were separated by a disappointing loss to Ecuador and, in their last game, the side were outclassed by Brazil. They need to start adding consistency to their game if they wish to make easier work of qualifying for the world cup and handed Paraguay their first loss of the campaign would be the perfect start.

Whilst Paraguay haven’t tasted defeat in their opening four games of the campaign, they have had a less than perfect start in that time with three draws in those four games. Their most impressive result was a 1-1 draw with Argentina whilst the other three games were much closer affairs and this represents the second real test for the side as they bid to return to the World Cup in 2022.

This should be an entertaining clash with both sides possessing some good attacking talent and, with the knowledge that both teams have scored in four of the last five fixtures between these two sides, we’re backing both teams to net again on Thursday. Uruguay have the slightly better side though and we think that, coupled with home advantage, will be enough to give them the edge

The host nation and nine-time winners of South America’s flagship tournament will be vying to retain their crown on home soil, but an opening match against Venezuela represents a fairly ominous match to get the ball rolling. There can be no denying that Tite’s men enter the tournament as strong favourites. Not only are the Selecao playing on familiar terrain, but they have arguably the competition’s most balanced and elite squad, with quality ranging from defensive powerhouses Marquinhos, Thiago Silva and Eder Militao, midfield bulldozers Casemiro and Fabinho, and of course the likes of Neymar and Roberto Firmino in attack, not to mentioned two world-class ‘keepers in Alisson and Ederson. Venezuela, though, are certainly not a side to be downplayed. Former Real Madrid assistant manager Jose Peseiro takes the reins and boasts quality in the mould of Tomas Rincon, Yangel Herrera and of course Salomon Rondon. Brazil must be sharp and focused if they are to come through this challenge unscathed, but the midfield quality of Rincon and Herrera, not to mention the physically-robust exploits of Rondon, should cause Tite plenty of issues on Sunday.

Argentina and Chile will battle each other at the Estadio Nilton Santos in their opening Group B fixture of Copa America. Recent meetings between both teams have been closely fought and Monday’s clash is expected to follow a similar pattern. Argentina's final fixture before the Copa America was a 2-2 draw against Colombia in the South American World Cup qualifiers. They threw away a two-goal lead as first half efforts from Cristian Romero and Leandro Paredes were cancelled out after the break. Chile have a solid record at Copa America, emerging overall winners in two of the last three editions. While they are not considered favourites for this year’s competition, they head into their opening fixture with some confidence having beaten Argentina to win the tournament in 2015 and 2016. Argentina have a 14-5 advantage with six draws from 25 previous matches against Chile. The last two meetings have ended in stalemates, including a 1-1 draw in the World Cup qualifiers at the start of June.