After seemingly turning a corner last month, Brazil hope to build on their improvement and begin a charge up the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying table as they travel to face Venezuela on Thursday.

Venezuela had a great start to World Cup qualifying but are without a win in their last six. That said, they are the draw specialists with five draws from 10 games and grabbed a big point in Brazil in the reverse fixture in October 2023. Venezuela sit just five points behind Brazil and two points off the automatic qualifying spots.

After a shaky start, Brazil currently sits in fourth place among the 10 CONMEBOL teams vying for spots at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Seleção earned 16 points through its first 10 matches and capped off the October international break with victories over Chile and Peru.

Brazil get back to FIFA 2026 World Cup qualification duty on Thursday with a trip to Maturin to take on Venezuela. This game is CONMEBOL's only non-qualifying nation up against the only international team to have been present at every single tournament.

Argentina are back in action on Thursday with a trip to Asuncion to face a tough Paraguay test with a FIFA 2026 World Cup berth on the line. Lionel Scaloni's men can book their return as defending champions with a win barely two years on from their success in Qatar.

Lionel Messi will hope to put Inter Miami's surprising elimination from the MLS Cup playoffs behind him in what will be his final two games of the calendar year. Messi scored a hat-trick in Argentina's previous game vs.