Thursday football tips: World Cup focus switches to South America

Attention switches to South American World Cup qualifying with each of the teams completing their third fixtures of a busy October schedule.

Unbeaten Brazil and Argentina aim to continue their dominance with home games against Uruguay and Peru, fifth-placed Colombia host third-placed Ecuador, and there are bottom-half clashes as Bolivia face Paraguay and Chile take on Venezuela.

Today's best accumulator bets

Bets to be placed by 9pm

Bolivia to beat Paraguay

Colombia to beat Ecuador

Argentina to beat Peru

Brazil to beat Uruguay

Expect leaders Brazil and second-placed Argentina to ease closer to qualification with home wins over Uruguay and Peru, leaving the other teams to scrap among themselves for the remaining two automatic qualification berths.

Colombia can climb into the top four with a home win over Ecuador and Bolivia can enhance their slip qualification hopes with a victory over Paraguay at altitude in La Paz. The fourfold pays 6-1 with Hills.

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Bolivia v Paraguay

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Bolivia have amassed seven of their nine points in La Paz and home advantage can give them the edge over Paraguay, who have taken just two points from their last four away games.

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Best bet
Bolivia to win

Bet of the day

Colombia to beat Ecuador - FreeSports, 10pm

Colombia did most of the attacking in a 0-0 draw at home to Brazil earlier this week and should be too strong for Ecuador, who have lost four of their five away qualifiers.

Goalscorer bet of the day

Bolivia v Paraguay

Bolivia's talisman Marcelo Martins has scored eight of his country's 13 goals in qualifying – making him the leading marksman in the section - and he can add to his tally with the opener against sixth-placed Paraguay.

Best bet
Marcelo Martins to score the first goal

Stat of the day

Colombia to beat Ecuador

Ecuador have lost eight of their last nine away games in World Cup qualifying.

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