Canada vs Chile Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form tells two different stories

Canada's last 20 matches show nine wins, eight draws and just three defeats, with 31 goals scored against 12 conceded. That's a healthy return, though their sample does end on a rough patch, with defeats to South Africa and Morocco in their most recent games.

Canada: 20 completed matches; Chile: 20 completed matches.

Canada

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

12

Difference

+19

Chile

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

60% 12 / 20

Scored

16

Conceded

33

Difference

-17

Chile's away form over the same length of sample paints a tougher picture. Just four wins from 20, with 33 goals conceded against only 16 scored, most of it built up during a difficult World Cup qualifying campaign in South America.

Canada's overall numbers look considerably healthier, though a friendly away day is a different challenge to a qualifier.

Comparative Team Statistics: Canada vs Chile

Not much shared history

The only recorded meeting between these two is a 0-0 draw at the 2024 Copa America. That's a single data point from a different competition, so it doesn't tell us a great deal about how this one will go.

A few individual notes worth flagging

Oluwaseyi has been involved in Canada's attacking play recently, picking up two assists in his last three appearances. On the discipline side, Millar and Cornelius have both picked up two yellow cards apiece in four games, and Buchanan has already seen red in a short run of three matches.

Canada:

Best assist providers:

T. Oluwaseyi - 2

Penalty cards:

T. Buchanan x 1

L. Millar x 2

D. Cornelius x 2

Chile:

Penalty cards:

I. Román x 1

Chile's Román has also picked up a red card in his solitary recorded appearance in this sample. None of this confirms who's actually available for this friendly, but it does suggest discipline has been an issue for both squads lately.

Goals could be the theme

Canada's recent home matches have swung between big scorelines, including a 6-0 win over Qatar and a 3-0 defeat to Morocco, so goals at both ends haven't been unusual. Chile, meanwhile, have shipped goals steadily over their qualifying run and haven't been the tightest at the back.

Put those patterns together and this doesn't look like a fixture destined for a cagey stalemate, though friendlies can throw up rotated line-ups that change the picture.