Greece vs Paraguay Prediction: Ethniki to find Tzolis on Friday

Paraguay's Fifa World Cup preparations continue on Friday with a trip to Athens to face Greece in a friendly (19:00 GMT). The hosts do not have an adventure across the Atlantic to look forward to this summer, marking 12 years since they last reached the finals.

Below you will find my Greece vs Paraguay predictions, featuring the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

There is a lot of excitement surrounding Greece's teenage winger Konstantinos Karetsas, who has three goals in nine appearances for his country. He is set to start on Friday, with Christos Tzolis, the Ethniki's top scorer in their World Cup qualifying group, expected to play on the opposite flank.

Midfielder Sotiris Kontouris has received his first senior call-up and could make his debut against Paraguay.

Football Odds

Former Newcastle United winger Miguel Almiron boasts the most goals of anyone in Paraguay's squad with nine. Next up is Antonio Sanabria (seven goals), who scored last time out against Mexico.

Mauricio Magalhaes, Gaston Oliveira, Alexandro Maidana and Gustavo Caballero have all received their first call-ups for La Albirroja.

Greece vs Paraguay Odds

Betfred see Greece as the favourites on Friday and the hosts are 19/20 to get the win.

Paraguay defeated their opponents in their only previous meeting which was a friendly in Switzerland. They are a 5/2 bet to repeat that feat.

The draw is priced at 9/4, and Greece played out a goalless stalemate in their latest outing against Belarus.

Both teams have scored in three of the visitors' past four matches and BTTS - Yes is available at 5/6 on Friday.

Today's Football Fixtures

Anytime Goalscorer - Christos Tzolis @ 15/8

Former Norwich City attacker Christos Tzolis was Greece's top scorer in their World Cup qualifying group with three goals. He has netted nine across his 30 appearances for the Ethniki to date.

He has been in great form in that sense in recent months, having struck twice across Greece's lasr three matches. Tzolis also comes into Friday on the back of scoring two goals in his four most recent outings for Club Brugge in the Jupiler Pro League.

I think 15/8 (implied probability of 34.8%) is a good price for him to get on the scoresheet against Paraguay.

Total Goals - Over 2.5 @ 1/1

This contest is down as a friendly, but Paraguay won't be taking it lightly as it serves as a warm-up for the World Cup. They will want to truly test themselves against Greece and I think this can lead to a number of goals being scored in Athens.

Over 2.5 goals has been a winning selection in three of Los Guaranies' past four games, so 1/1 looks too good to ignore for this selection.

Additionally, at least three goals have been scored in each of Greece's last three fixtures.

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