Chile will face Panama in their final game of Group D play in the Copa America Centenario on Tuesday, June 14 at 5 p.m. PT at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The two teams are vying to get the remaining spot in Group D as Argentina already secured its place to the next round of the tournament.
Both Chile and Panama have four points after their respective previous matches but since Chile has a superior goal differential, a draw will put them to the knockout rounds joining Argentina.
However Panama certainly has a different idea and they can draw inspiration from the result of Brazil vs Peru match the other day, which saw the mighty Brazil knocked out by Peru.
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Panama still has a chance to advance and hopes to bounce back after getting rocked 5-0 to Argentina. Panama allowed Argentina to get 12 shots total and eight of those shots on target, as Lionel Messi scored three goals in just under 20 minutes. In two matches, Panama has allowed 27 shots total and is coming off a match in which it controlled the ball less than 29 percent. The good news for Panama is that Blas Perez continues to be aggressive on the offensive end and Alberto Quintero has come close twice now to having a breakout performance. The bad news is that Panama has been outscored 8-2 in its last three matches. Panama has a chance to advance out of the group stages in its first ever Copa America.
Chile is coming off a 2-1 victory over Bolivia and also has a chance to advance out of group D. In the victory, Chile was able to get 19 shots total and put 10 of those shots on target. Chile controlled the ball for nearly 80 percent of the match and has dominated possesion of this tournament overall. Arturo Vidal scored both goals for Chile and now has five shots on goal this tournament. Defensively, Chile has allowed and has given up no more than two goals in each of its last four matches. While Chile played better against Argentina than Panama did, it’s important to note that Messi was out with a back injury. Chile hasn’t been eliminated in the group stages of Copa America since 2004.
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Match facts
- The winner of this game will secure a place in the knockout stage of this Copa America, while a draw would see Chile progressing to the quarter-finals.
- Since start of the Copa America 2015, Chile have only lost once (W5 D2), scoring an average of exactly two goals per game.
- Chile have won only one game in the Copa America against CONCACAF opponents – that was a 2-1 win against Mexico in 2011.
- The only two teams to have conceded 5+ goals in this Copa America have been Haiti (vs Brazil) and Panama (vs Argentina).
- Only one of Chile’s last nine goals in the Copa America came before half-time (Vargas’ in last year’s semi-final against Peru).
- Chile have had 16 shots on target – more than any other side in the first two match-days of this Copa America.
- However, Chile have scored a goal every 5.33 shots attempted, recording the worst conversion rate so far in this campaign.
Predicted lineups:
- Chile: Bravo; Isla, Medel, Jara, Mena; Vidal, Diaz, Aranguiz; Sanchez, Pinilla, Orellana
- Panama: Penedo; Machado, Cummings, Miller, Henriquez; Gomez; Buitrago, Pimentel, Buitrago, Quintero; Torres
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