The Czech Republic took the second place in its group in the selection for the World Cup, losing the first place to Croatia. In the play-off matches, the Czechs snatched difficult wins from Ireland and Denmark in a penalty shootout and made it to the World Cup for the first time in the last 20 years. The national team began its preparations for the World Cup with a 2-1 home victory over Kosovo, and is already hosting the second friendly match in the United States. Miroslav Koubek invited all the announced players to play in the match with Kosovo, and after the game ended, he announced the final list of those who would go to North America.
Guatemala claimed a place in the play-off matches to qualify for the World Cup, but still finished third in the qualifying group and was left without a World Cup. After qualifying, Louis Tena's team played two unsuccessful friendly matches against Canada (0:1) and Algeria (0:7). Such results are not particularly surprising, since the national team is almost completely staffed with players from the local championship, the difference in class with almost any team participating in the World Cup is very noticeable.
If in the previous friendly match against Kosovo, the Czech Republic could see a lot of experiments with the squad, now it is important to play the basics. The Czechs are noticeably superior to their upcoming opponent in class. Guatemala lost to Canada and Algeria without scoring a single goal, with almost only the players of the local championship in the squad, they are decently inferior to the Czechs. We are not waiting for any intrigue and are betting on a sure victory for the favorite.
Our betting tip is an Asian handicap (-1.5) for the Czech Republic by a factor of 1.88
Bet 1st half: total more than 1.5 goals
In three of the four previous Czech Republic matches, more than one goal was scored in the opening 45 minutes.
The bet is an accurate score of 3:0
Guatemala suffered the last two defeats with a "dry" score.
The Czech national team beat Guatemala 3-1 in a friendly match at the Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison. Patrick Schick opened the scoring in the eleventh minute of the match. The Czechs confidently controlled the game until the final whistle.
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