Canada vs Trinidad And Tobago Prediction & Betting Tips - CONCACAF Nations League

Prediction published on 21/03/2024, 17:00  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 23/03/2024 at 08:00 in Football Predictions

Canada will take on Trinidad and Tobago in the one-off CONCACAF Nations League play-in for a Copa America 2024 ticket. The encounter scheduled for Saturday will be hosted in Texas, USA, pitting the two nations that lost in the Nations League quarterfinals. A dramatic loss to Jamaica on the away goals rule after a 4-4 aggregate outcome is what landed Canada here. This will be their first meeting with Trinidad and Tobago in over a decade. A planned friendly match between the two nations in 2020 was canceled and now they meet competitively for the first time in 24 years. After a promising run that saw them qualify for the 2022 World Cup, Canada have regressed in recent times. They come into this game with two wins only in the last eight matches. The loss to Jamaica was their fourth in that eight-game run. It will really concern Mauro Biello that his team hasn’t been great defensively. They’ve managed just a clean sheet in 10 matches and in five of eight, they conceded two or more goals. However, failing to score in only two of 10, breeds some positivity, especially after scoring multiple goals in seven of them.

Trinidad and Tobago will come into this game seeking to improve on their recent run. They were also knocked out of the Nations League quarters, losing 4-2 on aggregate to USA. The Soca Warriors did beat USA 2-1 in the return leg but had lost 3-0 away. They started 2024 with two friendly matches against Jamaica, failing to win either, the most recent a 0-0 draw. That result marked a period of low returns from Trinidad, having won just once in five matches. In three of their last four matches as well, Trinidad failed to score and have just two clean sheets in 10 matches. six times in their last 10 matches, Trinidad conceded over 1.5 goals, which will concern coach Angus Eve, coming into this game. In the last five matches alone, they conceded 10 goals and their away run isn’t particularly exciting. They have four losses in the last five away matches, and conceded 20 goals in the five games.