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Introduction [Music] Contents World Cup qualifying South America uguay versus Paraguay prediction teen news lineups preview Uruguay are set to take on Paraguay at the estadio centenario on Saturday for match day seven of their South American World Cup qualifying campaign the hosts currently sit second in the table with 13 points while the visitors are in seventh place level on Five Points with eighth place Chile match preview following the extreme disappointment of crashing out in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup something they had not done since 2002 uguay dismissed manager Diego Alonso and eventually hired Marcelo bilsa in May 2023 velsa has had a fantastic impact on the Uruguayan national team losing five of his 19 matches in charge across all competitions and guiding the side to a third placed finish at the 2024 Copa America Uruguay confidently won all three of their group stage matches and remarkably defeated Brazil on penalties in the quarterfinals but despite having 62% possession in the semi-finals they were unable able to capitalize and lost 1 to zero to Colombia they narrowly beat Canada on penalties in the third place playoff match after Luis Suarez scored a 92nd minute equalizer to force a penalty shootout which Uruguay won 4 to2 heading into match days seven and eight of their South American FIFA World Cup qualifiers B's side sit in a solid second place having taken 13 points from six fixtures and they will be looking to solidify their position with two positive results in this International break their opponents Paraguay are likely to be low on confidence heading into Saturday's game after suffering an awful Copa America crashing out in the group stage for the first time since 2016 they were defeated two to1 by Colombia 4 to1 by Brazil and 2 to1 by Costa Rica to leave them bottom of the group without taking any points resulting in manager Daniel Oscar Garo being sacked Gustavo Alfaro has taken charge of the side and will be leading Paraguay into his first game as manager when they face Uruguay on Saturday and the Argentinian will be hoping he can lead Paraguay to their first victory in this fixture since 2017 team news Uruguay's all-time leading goal scorer Suarez recently announced that he would be retiring from International football with the game against Paraguay set to be his last for his nation and he is likely to start Darwin Nunes Rodrigo bener Ronald oroso Jose Maria Jimenez and Maas Oliva are all banned for the next five International matches due to altercations with fans at the Copa America semi-final against Colombia Matias Vina Georg and de erasa Federico venas and Nicholas De La Cruz are all also out of the squad due to injury issues as for Paraguay Antonio cabria is the only player to score for the team in their sixth World Cup qualifiers so far and he is expected to lead the line in this one Brighton H albian Julio and ciso is also likely to start as part of an attacking Midfield three alongside Miguel myON and Ramon Sosa uguay possible starting lineup rochet nandez caseres Bueno sarach valde bugar pist Torres aruo Suarez Paraguay possible starting lineup Morano Velasquez bua Alder Espinosa vente badia amaron and ciso Sosa son ABA we say Uruguay 3 to0 Paraguay the hosts will want to produce a strong performance to give Suarez the perfect sendoff in his final game for the country and they should comfortably beat a poor Paraguay side thanks for your watching don't forget to click the subscribed button and hit the Bell icon for more [Music] [Music] [Music]