Always Ready vs The Strongest

Match details. Copa Bolivia, Quarter-finals. Kick-off is Fri 23 Oct, 01:00 Lagos time.

What's at stake. It is one game, with penalties if it is level.

Form. Always Ready have won four, drawn one and lost five of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W L W D. The Strongest have won six, drawn two and lost two of their last ten, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L L W D.

The numbers. Always Ready score three and concede 1.4 a game in their last five at home, with three clean sheets. Always Ready average 16.6 shots (6.7 on target), 5.0 corners and 1.6 cards a game. The Strongest score 1.2 and concede 1.2 a game in their last five away, with no clean sheets. The Strongest average 14.2 shots (6.9 on target), 4.6 corners and 1.8 cards a game.

Head to head. In the last nine meetings Always Ready have won three, drawn two and lost four. Five of the nine went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in six. In the last four, Always Ready won one and The Strongest won three. The last time they met, on 18 Oct 2026, it finished Always Ready 1-2 The Strongest: Always Ready had 15 shots to 12, 51% of the ball, six yellow cards.

Where it pulls both ways. It pulls both ways: their goals for and against make Always Ready the likelier winners, but The Strongest are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour The Strongest.

The read. No side to back. An open game. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 75%. Five of the last nine meetings went over 2.5.

The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: The Strongest or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); The Strongest Over 0.5 goals (Always Ready's own games don't back it (2 of 5)); The Strongest win or both teams score (no result call). Predicted score: Always Ready 2-1 The Strongest (9% chance).