The match in one line
A knockout for the last spot: Paraguay must win, while Australia — ahead on goal difference — set out to protect the draw that already takes them through.
Paraguay vs Australia prediction
Our Paraguay vs Australia prediction leans only slightly to Australia with a 1–0 and low confidence: it is the closest game of the day. The market sees the draw as most likely and a low-scoring affair, and even rates Paraguay marginally ahead of Australia to win outright; our model, by contrast, favors Australia on the goal-difference cushion that lets them advance without winning. In our full report we break down all 14 markets — match result, double chance, handicap, both teams to score, goal totals, corners, cards and more — for this fixture. This is informational analysis, not a guarantee, and here less than ever: treat it as a coin-flip.
Possible lineups
We project Australia in a compact 4-2-3-1, leaning on Souttar and Ryan to hold the result, and Paraguay in an attack-minded 4-4-2 with Almirón creating and Sanabria–Enciso up front. We’ll confirm the XIs on matchday as soon as the federations release them.