South America – Copa America – Round 3
Q2 Stadium
03.07.2024, 04:00
In the upcoming fixture of Copa America, Costa Rica will face Paraguay at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. The home side head here after a loss (3-0) against Colombia. The visitors arrive here also after a loss (1-4), against Brazil.
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The Costa Rica team comes to this game after a 3-0 loss against Colombia. The 1st half would be practically dominated by the Colombian team. Despite their dominance, the team was unable to score, but everything would change in the 31st minute with Luis Diaz opening the scoring. In the 2nd half, finding themselves at a disadvantage, the Costa Rican team opened up the game more, managing to have more of the ball. Despite having more ball, the team was unable to have clear scoring opportunities. Taking advantage of the fact that the Costa team exposed itself more, the Colombia team managed to score 2 more goals, in the 59th and 62nd minutes, managing the game until the end. With this result, the Costa Rica team is in 3rd place in the table, with 1 point. Despite the team is not able to reach the next stage, they will for sure try to end their Copa America edition with a win.
The Paraguay team comes to this game after a 1-4 loss against Brazil. Despite the 1st half being slightly divided in statistical terms, Brazil always created more and better scoring opportunities. The Paraguayan team was creating scoring opportunities, albeit of low quality. The Brazilian team got a penalty in the 31st minute, but they were unable to convert it. But shortly afterward they reached 0-1, at 35′. Surprisingly, the Brazilian team still managed to score two more goals before the break, at 43′ and 45+5′. In the 2nd half, the Paraguayan team entered the match strongly, reducing the score in the 48th minute to 1-3, but Paquetá converted another penalty in the 65th minute. Despite having more opportunities, the Paraguayan team could not score and change the score until the end. With this result, the Paraguay team is in 4th place in the table, with 0 points. Despite not being able to reach the next stage, the team is now playing for their honor.
In the recent 5 games between those 2 teams, Costa has won 1, Paraguay has won 2, and they drew the last 2. Goals were scored in 3 of those 5 matches, but with both teams not scoring in any of the last 2 games.
The teams have nothing to lose, so it will be a game of honor with goals being expected from both teams.
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