Guatemala vs New Zealand Prediction, Betting & Odds│May 20, 2023

FIFA World Youth Championship Matchday 1 match Guatemala-New Zealand match on May 20, 2023 at Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades stadium is prepared by our editorial team.

The Guatemalan national team is far from regular participation in major international tournaments. They last played at the World Youth Championship in 2011, and they didn’t even have to pass the qualifiers as they were hosting the tournament. Then, in the group stage, they won with two defeats, reaching the playoffs, but in the first round they lost to the Portuguese: 0-1. Before the start of the FIFA Youth World Cup 2023, the blue and whites played three competitive matches in which they certainly won: they won against New Zealand 3-1, Fiji 3-1 and Indonesia 1-0. This is the long awaited official match schedule.

In the 21st century, the New Zealand national team has become a permanent participant in the World Junior Championships. Since 2007, they have qualified for seven out of eight tournaments, and they definitely made the playoffs in the last three series, but each time they ended their performance in the 1/8 final stage. At the 2019 World Cup, the Whites struggled in the first round of the playoffs against the Colombians, but lost 1–2 on penalties. Before the start of the World Junior Championships, New Zealanders played four control matches. Initially, they lost to Guatemala 1-3, then beat Indonesia 2-1, Fiji 3-0 and Ecuador 1-0. They will try to make it back to the play-offs at the World Cup in Argentina.

In three of the last four games with the participation of the Guatemalan national team, the bookmaker’s “total” was exceeded.

Goals have been exchanged in 12 of the last 13 matches that the Guatemalan team has played.

In two of the last three games, New Zealand have scored at least two goals.

New Zealand team has won the last three matches consecutively.

The national teams of Guatemala and New Zealand are teams of comparable size in terms of talent, but in terms of experience, the “Whites” are significantly superior to their opponent. New Zealand players have played in almost every recent World Junior Championship, and they have almost certainly made it to the playoffs in the last three events. Guatemalans cannot boast of such a thing, as they only played in the 2011 World Cup, when the tournament was hosted, and therefore earned a ticket to the tournament. All these make the nominal visitors favorites for the match and you can win against New Zealand at 2.30.

The clash between Guatemala and New Zealand has every chance of being rich in goals. When the rivals last met in February this year, they scored four goals together. In addition, in the last five games with the participation of Guatemala, 16 goals were scored (an average of 3.20 per game). So now the best option for prediction is total 2.5 goals times 2.05, and with odds close to 1.9 “Both teams to score – yes” is worth watching separately.

Our prediction: New Zealand won by 2.30.