Brazil vs El Salvador Predictions

Wednesday’s international friendly action features a real David vs Goliath clash as El Salvador go up against Brazil. The South Americans are expected to secure victory with very few issues.

After cruising through qualification for the World Cup in impressive fashion, Brazil travelled to Russia as one of the favourites to win the competition, but they didn’t really play to their maximum, losing to Belgium at the quarter-final stage. Nonetheless, boss Tite has undoubtedly done a fantastic job with the Seleção and all focus is now on building momentum going into the Copa America being played on home soil next year.

Brazil certainly got off to a good start on that front, beating the US 2-0 on Saturday in New Jersey. Brazil looked a class above their American opponents and dominated the match from start to finish, something they’re expected to do once again on Wednesday, with El Salvador currently ranked 72nd in the world.

El Salvador actually come into this game in high spirits after beating Montserrat 2-1 in a CONCACAF Nations League qualifier on Sunday. Nonetheless, La Azul y Blanco now face the jump from facing off with rank 204 to the nation ranked 3rd in the world and the fact the side only just scraped past such a low ranked opponent tells you everything you need to know about the momentous task El Salvador face on Wednesday.

El Salvador have no real star quality in their squad but this is the game of most of their players’ lives. 17 of the 23 men called up for the match play their football domestically, whilst just 1 plays in Europe and 11 of that delegation will now have the chance to pit their wits against some of the planet’s best players.

As nice a story as it is, it’s impossible to imagine El Salvador avoiding defeat. They’ve lost 9 straight games against South American opposition, being outclassed by the likes of Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador and now going up against the continent’s real big hitter, you do have to fear for them.

At current prices, we’re more than happy to back Brazil winning with their clean sheet in tact, with maximum confidence. They looked assured defensively against the US and have now gone 6 straight friendlies without letting in a goal. El Salvador have little attacking quality and set to put 11 men behind the ball, Brazil should be able to win the match untroubled defensively, with a 2-0 margin of victory on the cards; a scoreline by which they’ve won 4 of their last 5 matches.