Canada take on the visitors Trinidad & Tobago in playoff final match of CONCACAF Nations League. The match will be played on Saturday, March 23rd at
The Canadian national team received the right to start in Division A of the current Nations League directly from the playoffs. Perhaps this played a cruel joke on representatives of the maple leaf country. Canadians approached the matches against Jamaica as favorites. However, after exchanging away victories with their opponents (2-1 and 2-3), the Canadians dropped out of the tournament. The team has not been performing well lately. In addition to the defeat in the Gold Cup on penalties against the USA, there was also a fiasco in the match against Japan (1-4). Remember how not long ago the Russian national team scored numerous unanswered goals against Cuba? Canada managed to beat the modest Cuba only by a margin of two goals (4-2).
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Trinidad and Tobago have been underestimated throughout the tournament. It started during the group stage. Bookmakers consistently favored opponents of this national team in almost every game, but they eventually won three consecutive matches: against Curaçao (1-0), El Salvador (3-2), and Guatemala (3-2). Having advanced to the playoffs, the Trinidadians allowed themselves to relax and lost to Curaçao (3-5). You might say that the opponents were not that strong in terms of difficulty? Okay, in the playoffs, Trinidad and Tobago managed to overcome the main tournament favorite - the USA (2-1) in one of the matches. Yes, there was a defeat to the Americans (0-3) away. But this major loss was only the third for the warriors in their last 20 matches.
Undoubtedly, Canada are considered favorites in this match. And most likely, they will emerge victorious in the end. However, I have very serious doubts that it will be a big victory. If Trinidad and Tobago have lost by three or more goals only three times in their last 20 matches, Canada hasn't had a big win in a long time. The previous significant victory for the representatives of the maple leaf country dates back to March last year when they managed to defeat Honduras (4-1). Since then, the national team has played nine matches without convincing victories. Although sometimes their opponents were modest teams like Guatemala (0-0) and Guadeloupe (2-2). I believe that Trinidad and Tobago will be able to offer a more or less decent resistance to the favorite in this battle. My prediction is a handicap (+2.5) for the visitors.
Prediction for the match: Trinidad & Tobago to win with +2.5 handicap.
