Brazil v Bolivia

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Brazil begin their World Cup qualifier campaign in this upcoming fixture with Bolivia in the midst of a transitional period for the national side as former coach Tite has departed and the stand-in coach, Fernando Diniz, who is currently the Fluminense coach, has taken over the reigns for a temporary period.

His first task is for his side to pick up all three points in this opening group game against Bolivia on the back of some questionable results of late as Brazil have lost four of their last six matches in all competitions including a 1-0 defeat to Cameroon and a loss on penalties to Croatia in last year's World Cup in Qatar.

Although Brazil did record a 4-1 victory over South Korea in the World Cup along with an international friendly 4-1 win against Guinea, these have been Brazil's only highlights during this six-match period which would seem to throw some doubt over a positive start to this upcoming campaign.

However, it's always dangerous to write off Brazil as they can go up through the gears when necessary and with a strong and talented squad at Diniz's disposal, the hosts should come out on top in this fixture especially as Brazil have never lost a World Cup qualifying game on home soil along with the fact that they've won their last 14 home qualifiers on the trot as well.

Bolivia head into their opening game in these CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers in seemingly poor form as the visitors have managed to capture just one win from their last 11 matches in all competitions which came in the form of a 2-1 win away from home at Saudi Arabia in an international friendly towards the end of March this year.

However, within these last 11 matches, Bolivia have been handed no fewer than nine defeats including four defeats in their previous World Cup qualifying campaign to the likes of Venezuela 4-1, Chile 3-2, Colombia 3-0 and a comprehensive 4-0 rout at the hands of Friday night's upcoming opponents, Brazil.

Bolivia finished second from bottom in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying table in the previous campaign and these recent results suggest that the visitors may struggle once again to claim an automatic qualifying spot this time around as well, despite extra places being awarded this time.

Brazil v Bolivia Verdict

Brazil possess an extremely solid and impressive record on home soil particularly when it comes to World Cup qualifiers and especially against Bolivia as the hosts have won five of the previous six meetings.

In addition, each of these five victories also saw Brazil keep a clean sheet as well so this looks to be the way to go here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Brazil win & Both Teams To Score No @ 1.50

Other side bets worth considering:

Over 2.5 goals & Both Teams To Score No @ 1.90

Correct score: Brazil 4-0 @ 5.50