After almost a year of waiting, the CONMEBOL qualifying process for the World Cup returns with several absences, in addition to presenting a very different scenario from the one seen in November 2023, when the last matches were played.
The two games that each team will play during this FIFA break could be crucial to their chances of reaching the tournament to be held in North America, as the draw has drawn some very interesting matches for the matches to be played between Thursday and Tuesday.
Before looking at the most relevant matches of each day in detail, let's take a look at the standings of this elimination process:
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Argentina | 15 |
| 2 | Uruguay | 13 |
| 3 | Colombia | 12 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 9 |
| 5 | Ecuador | 8 |
| 6 | Brazil | 7 |
| 7 | Paraguay | 5 |
| 8 | Chile | 5 |
| 9 | Bolivia | 3 |
| 10 | Peru | 2 |
Date 7 (September 5-6)
The first matches to be played in CONMEBOL begin this Thursday with Bolivia vs. Venezuela, which normally defined the worst team in South America but which, for these dates, could bring La Vinotinto closer to the dream of playing in its first World Cup. Hours later, Argentina faces Chile in a replay of their Copa América duels, where neither team will have its most creative player, as the Albiceleste will be without Leo Messi and Chile will be without Diego Valdés.
On Friday, Uruguay takes on Paraguay Paraguay with several casualties after the fight against Colombian fans following their elimination from the Copa América, which will give Gustavo Alfaro's Albirroja some hope. Hours later, Brazil seeks to make amends with a win against Ecuador, which would allow the Verdeamarelha to move closer to the top of the table. The last game will pit Peru against Colombia, where the Cafeteros will try to repeat the victory in Lima as they did in their two most recent visits, where they won by three goals to zero.
Date 8 (September 10)
The last duel of September for the national teams in South America begins with a game of reserved prognosis: Colombia vs Argentina. Nestor Lorenzo's team will try to redeem themselves after losing the Copa America final against Argentina, while "Dibu" Martinez and company will try to confirm their hegemony over the yellow and blue team. The next match will measure Chile against Boliviain what could be a match between desperate teams, as both are at the bottom of the standings. The next game includes Ecuador vs. PeruLa Tricolor will try to maintain its current three-game unbeaten streak against La Franjirroja. Another game that will have several emotions will be Venezuela vs. Uruguay, as the second place in the qualifying round could be at stake if La Vinotinto reaches that game with a victory in Friday's match. To close a day full of emotions, Paraguay vs Brazil will confirm the advance or retreat of these two teams and where the Albirroja will seek to end a streak of five defeats in a row against the Brazilians.
Proposals for Date 7
For the first series of games, an interesting bet on Argentina vs. Argentina vs Chile would be to consider the goals to be scored by the Chilean team, because given their performance in the qualifiers, seeing them score against the world champion would pay well. If you are more in favor of betting on Argentina's goals, an interesting proposal would be to play the line for Julian Alvarez or Lautaro Martinez to score at any time during the game.
To conclude, the match between Brazil and Ecuador has the Amazonians as favorites, and even a bet that can be favorable would be to play on the exact score, where Brazil is expected to cover a line of two goals with no response from Ecuador.
