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Guarani Asuncion vs Deportivo Cali Predictions

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Guarani Asuncion vs Deportivo Cali Predictions

Friday’s Copa Sudamericana first round, second leg action sees Paraguayans Guarani doing battle with Colombians Deportivo Cali. The visitors will be looking to see through the 1-0 lead they established in the first leg against a Guarani side that doesn’t look like coming back.

In truth, Guarani are lucky they are only a goal down in the tie, as they didn’t play well in the first leg. They travelled to Colombia with a very defensive game plan, came under sustained pressure in the match, were reduced to 8 men but still somehow came away from the game with a reasonable chance of advancing when looking purely at the scoreline.

Nonetheless, the Paraguayans aren’t in the kind of form that has you thinking they are going to turn the tie on its head. Indeed, they’ve drawn their last 4 games, have won just 1 of their last 5 home games and that has their prospects looking very bleak coming into the match, in addition to the fact they’ve not won any of their last 5 Copa Sudamericana home ties.

Meanwhile, Cali arrive kicking themselves that they didn’t open up a more significant advantage in the first leg. As mentioned above, they had more than enough chances to do so but weren’t efficient enough in the final third. However, the side will at least be happy to be somewhat in the driving seat and will be confident of securing progression.

4th in the Colombian top flight and having lost just 1 of their last 7 matches, Cali are in good form and are proving a difficult outfit to beat. Hopes are fairly high of a sustained run in the competition and having made it to the quarter finals last season, the side have recent enough pedigree to suggest they can do exactly that.

Ultimately, you have to fancy Cali to see through their lead in the Paraguayan capital. They were the better side by quite some margin in the first leg and are looking quite a consistent outfit in recent weeks, bar one heavy domestic defeat at Once Caldas.

All things considered, backing the Colombians on the double chance line looks an excellent way to play as far as the betting goes and is exactly where our money is going. Nothing about Guarani justifies their short price on the full time line and we think Cali will be able to hold onto their lead via a 0-0 draw on the night.

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