Thursday's Copa America Predictions: betting preview and free football tips

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Thursday's Copa America games featuring Bolivia v Uruguay & Chile v Paraguay.

Chile v Paraguay

Where to watch

BBC red button & iPlayer, 1am Friday morning

Best bet

Paraguay draw no bet
1pt 5-4 Betfair, Betfred, Paddy Power

Match preview

Two of the four qualification slots are still up for grabs in Group A of this year's Copa America and one could go to Paraguay, who look decent value to defeat Chile in Brasilia.

Chile are already through to the last eight after taking five points from their opening three games, although they rode their luck in 1-1 draws against Argentina and Uruguay.

The Chileans have had to withstand a lot of pressure to remain unbeaten and concentration levels could dip now that a last-eight slot is in in the bag.

Paraguay have some work to do after following up a dominant 3-1 win over Bolivia with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Argentina, but they played well in both matches.

They won the shot count 10-9 against Argentina and a similar level of performance could be enough to chalk up a second win and guarantee progress to the quarter-finals.

Bolivia v Uruguay

Where to watch

BBC red button & iPlayer, 10pm Thursday

Best bet

Uruguay to win to nil
1pt 3-4 BoyleSports

Match preview

Uruguay are fourth in Group A but can advance by picking up their first win and clean sheet of the tournament against basement boys Bolivia in Cuiaba.

Oscar Tabarez's side have picked up one point from two games after failing to make their dominance count in a 1-1 draw with Chile but they should cruise past the Bolivians, who conceded 52 shots over the course of their defeats to Paraguay (1-3) and Chile (0-1).

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