Guatemala take on the visitors Argentina in a Friendly International match. The match will be played on Saturday, June 15th at FedEx Field (Landover, MD).
Guatemala is a relatively modest national team representing the North and Central American region. For their level, they have been performing fairly well lately: they thrashed the Dominican Republic and the British Virgin Islands, and drew with Venezuela and Nicaragua. However, as soon as they face opponents of a higher caliber than the teams they are used to playing against, defeats become inevitable. Recent examples include losses to Iceland (0-1), Trinidad and Tobago (2-3), and Ecuador (0-2). Panama, in particular, proved to be a much stronger opponent, defeating them 3-0.
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Given that Panama managed to secure a convincing win against Guatemala, one would expect Argentina to achieve a comfortable victory purely on class, with a margin of at least three goals, right? The reigning world champions have played 13 matches since the World Cup final against France and have won 12 of them! Notably, they beat the previously mentioned Panama 2-0. Among Argentina's victories during this period, there have been several resounding wins, such as against El Salvador (3-0), Bolivia (3-0), and Curaçao (7-0).
In this friendly match, two teams will face off that are completely incomparable in terms of level. Guatemala will not have any home-field advantage. Moreover, it is doubtful that even a home advantage would help them against the reigning world champions. I won't deviate from the obvious in terms of betting: I expect a comfortable and confident win for the favorites. Argentina should handle Guatemala with a margin of at least three goals. Anything beyond that will be a bonus. My prediction is a handicap of -2.5 for Argentina.
Prediction for the match: Argentina to win with -2.5 handicap.
