Panama vs USA
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Date: Thursday, 27 June 2019
Kick off at 01:30 UK / 02:30 CET
Venue: Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City).
So far everything is easy for the US at the Gold Cup. They did light work by putting aside Guyana's small fish for the first time, scoring four goals in the process, while they continued to impress when they beat Trinidad with six goals to zero last time out. Panama have also won each of their first two group matches, so this match is basically a shootout for first place.
Just like the United States, Panama easily gets better than Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago. When the widest football audience paid attention to the World Cup in Russia, Panama was a small fish, but in the calmer waters of the Gold Cup, they quickly became one of the big boys. First time out, Julio Valdes's men beat Trinidad, scored twice, created the expected 2.53 goals, kept a clean sheet and conceded only 0.17 goals expected.
On the second day of the match, Panama was tested a little more behind, because they allowed Guyana to score two goals, although they once again beat their opponents, scored four and ended the expected goal difference of +1.3.
However, even though Panama easily defeats two weak teams, there is no denying that the US victory over the other two teams in Group D is more impressive than Panama. While Panama conceded twice and gave up the expected 1.62 goals, Greg Berhalter's men recorded a clean sheet and conceded just 0.15 goals expected.
In whatever way we see this equipment, it's hard to see anything other than victory in the United States. USMNT has scored more goals than Panama, they conceded fewer, while they are better than Wednesday's opponents in terms of expected goals and expected goals.
At prices, 'USA to Win & Over 2.5 Goals' stands out in bets. Panama have demonstrated sufficient attacking ability in this tournament to show that they can get in the US, even though they have no defense to defeat the Berhalter team. On this basis, supporting the US, which averages two goals for and 1.5 goals that are expected to be more than Panama, to come out on the right side of the high score game looks a solid choice at the price.
Prediction of Panama vs USA
Panama is unlikely to cause a dent in the United States' winning streak and is likely to see their two unbeaten matches end when the two teams fight each other on Thursday.
Five of the six goals scored by Gregg Berhalter in the previous match and three of the four goals in their opening match occurred after the restart. His team is consistent in opening scores and completing matches with style. We can certainly expect them to repeat the same thing with Julio Dely Valdes's men who have to endure all the time to keep their opponents out of control.
This match will definitely be a high score, with Americans tending to record their third consecutive win.
Panama vs USA Head to head (h2h)
America only lost twice to Panama in all competitions.
Their last meeting ended 3-0 for the US.
The US has recorded two clean sheets in their last five matches.
The highest scoring schedule between the two sides was in 2004 when the Americans won with a score line, which sounded 6-0 at the end of ninety minutes.
