Curacao vs El Salvador
CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C
Date: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Kick-off at 00:00 UK/ 01:00 CET
Venue: Independence Park (Kingston).
Curacao warmed up for the CONCACAF Gold Cup by beating Vietnam 5-4 on penalties to win the Kings Cup. They were held to a 1-1 draw in regulation time with Jurich Carolina's second-half effort canceled by Vietnam.
This will only be the second appearance in the Gold Cup for Remko Bicentini troops who made their debut in 2017. They lost the last three matches and did not want to win on Tuesday with odds of 3.40 while the draw was set at 3.30.
Jafar Arias began in victory over Vietnam and is expected to retain his place in the attack despite still looking for his first international goal. He must join in the attack by Gino Van Kessel who has only one goal in his last 10 matches while Leandro Bacuna will also appear in midfield.
El Salvador Form & Team News
El Salvador were beaten 2-0 by Japan in their last warm-up match before the tournament. They were the second best in Japan in the contest and failed to do one of their two attempts at the target number.
It was the first defeat in six matches for Carlos de Los Cobos's forces who have recently been in good condition. El Salvador has a good record in the Gold Cup after reaching the quarter-finals in three of the last four editions. With good performances and recent records in the competition, they are a good value for winning at odds of 2.15.
The El Slavador game is built on solid defenses after maintaining three clean sheets in their last four matches. Roberto Dominguez and Ivan Mancia often partner at center-back while Nelson Bonilla is expected to lead the front line.
Prediction of Curacao vs El Salvador
Curacao has never been a threat to Salvador. The former has never won a match against this team, and if it wasn't for a single draw, which came two years back in international friendship, would hold a record of losing 100%.
Lasting, Curacao has scored one goal in their history covering the last four years, and except for that single tie, failed to score in all other appearances.
Also, in the last edition of this competition, the two teams competed in the same group, and then Curacao lost all of their group stage matches and came out in the first round itself, while their colleagues advanced to the knockout, but eventually gave up the US champions
In addition, Salvador won five of their last six matches, only lost once against Japan, and maintained seven clean sheets in their last 12 matches. On the other hand, Curacao let the goals in the last three ties run and is the favorite odds to do it again in this tie.
Salvador relied on the top of Tuesday, in their opening Gold Cup match.
Curacao vs El Salvador Betting Tip
Draw No Bet: El Salvador @ 1.60 (3/5)
El Salvador scored first goal @ 1.75 (3/4).