On November 22, the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro will host the 6th qualifying round match of the 2026 World Cup in the South American region, where the Brazilian national team will face the Argentina national team. The match will start at 02.30 Kyiv time.

Brazil

The Brazilian team has actually been unable to please its fans for a long time. Especially at the world championships, where pentacampeons have only advanced past the cursed quarter-final round once in the last two decades. His mentor Tite, who was pardoned for both his signing failure in 2018 and his home defeat in the Copa America 2021 final, managed to hold on to his post for a long time.

However, the trip to Qatar brought unsuccessful results as usual. And while we expect Ancelotti to take over this autumn, Fernando Diniz will take over as head coach. He got off to a strong start in September with several victories over Bolivia and Peru. However, there was a failure in October; A home draw against weak Venezuela and the first defeat in Uruguay in many years. The pause did not help: they also lost 1:2 to Colombia; They scored quickly but were conceded in the 75th and 79th minutes.

Argentina

The Argentina national team can now be considered number 1. Moreover, both on his continent – the winner of the Copa America, and in the world as a whole – Messi won the still coveted World Cup in December, which brought him another Golden Ball. But there were other heroes: from Emiliano Martinez, who saved the team many times, including in the penalty shoot-out, to his mentor Lionel Scaloni, under whose management everything changed.

And now Albi-Celestes is also on the move; They started with a string of victories, started with dry wins and went to the top of the electoral table. But the real challenge came in November, when they hosted fellow countrymen Uruguay, led by Marcelo Bielsa. The guest team was stunned by scoring a goal at the end of each half and won the match 2-0.

Statistics of personal meetings

In 2018-19, Brazil won twice but Argentina responded in kind, including in the Copa America final at the Seleção home. There was a goalless draw in the last qualifying round and the second leg was never played.

To guess

Bettors give the home team a purely nominal advantage. But here both need to rehabilitate themselves – we bet on over 2.0 goals in total (odds – 1.94).

2.74 3.10 3.10 place bet money Zrobiti bet