Chile take on Uruguay in build up to Copa America 2015

Chile take on South American rivals Uruguay in an international friendly match on Tuesday night at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago in a game that is sure to stir local passions between two teams separated only by Argentina on the geographical map.

Since their world cup exit to Brazil on penalties, in a game that finished 1-1 after extra time, Chile have had to make do with playing a selection of friendly matches in preparation for the Copa America tournament, which will be held in their country in June 2015. This match against Uruguay, the defending Copa America champions, will provide Chile manager Jorge Sampaoli with the chance to test his squad to their maximum and william hill offer 17/20 that Chile`s maximum will be too much for Uruguay to handle and the hosts will claim the victory.

One player, who is sure to be key for Chile if they are to defeat Uruguay, is Arsenal`s Alexis Sanchez, who has settled in to life in the Barclays Premier League very quickly, scoring 8 goals and setting up 2 for his team mates in only 9 starts. The forward currently sits fourth in the Chile all time top goal scorers list and needs just 5 more to move up in to third. Sanchez scored in Chile`s last outing against Venezuela and is available at 5/1 with bet365 to grab the opening goal of the game. Another Premier League based player who has been scoring well for Chile is Eduardo Vargas. Currently playing for Queens Park Rangers, Vargas has shown glimpses of his brilliance in English football and has scored 3 goals in his last 3 games for Chile. SkyBet offer 11/2 for Vargas to be the man to break the deadlock in this one.

Uruguay, like Chile, have been involved in a number of friendlies since they were eliminated in the world cup at the hands fellow South American`s, Colombia and manager Oscar Tabarez will want to use this game as part of his build up for defence of their Copa America title in Chile. Having played out a 3-3 draw with Costa Rica in their most recent fixture, BetVictor offer 18/5 for Uruguay to turn Chile over on their on turf. If Uruguay are going to do this, they will have to manage it without star striker Luis Suarez, who returns to his club Barcelona with an injury and this will place extra pressure on Edinson Cavani to find the back of the net. Cavani, currently tied for seventh in the Uruguay all time to goal scorers chart with 24 goals in 69 appearances, has 10 goals to his name in all competitions for his club Paris Saint-Germain and is on offer at 15/2 with bet365 to score the first goal of the game.

In their last 3 home games, Chile have scored 10 goals, in their last 4 away games, Uruguay have netted 7 times and bet365 offer 19/20 for their to be over 2.5 goals in the game. In this fixture, the away team has only managed to defeat the home team once in their last eight meetings and this suggests that home advantage plays a part in this fixture. Chile to win the match and both teams to score is available at 16/5 with Coral.

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