National Football Team

Paraguay

Group D · #52 FIFA · CONMEBOL

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Paraguay

Group D · CONMEBOL

To win

151.00

Manager

Gustavo Alfaro

FIFA rank

#52

Group

Team overview

System 4-3-3

Paraguay arrive in World Cup 2026 as a group-stage outsider from CONMEBOL. They sit in Group D with United States, Australia, Türkiye, and the market reads them as a team that must outperform pricing to control the section.

Gustavo Alfaro is expected to lean on a 4-3-3 base. The squad is built more collectively than around one superstar, while the wider roster profile shows an average age of 27.9 and roughly 27.2 international caps per player.

Paraguay should be judged less on raw reputation and more on whether they can impose their preferred tempo early in games. In a 48-team tournament, clean group-stage management matters almost as much as peak ceiling, especially for sides trying to protect seeding and rotation windows.

Strengths

Clear attacking reference points in transition

Experienced spine with major-match minutes

Balanced age curve across key positions

Risk points

Small margin for defensive errors against top seeds

Tournament control can dip when matches slow down

Finishing efficiency must match territorial dominance

Betting angle

Paraguay are being priced as a long shot, which means the best betting case is selective rather than romantic. Focus on nuisance value in one-off group fixtures, double-chance prices, and under markets if they can keep structure for long spells.

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