Paraguay beat Venezuela 2-1. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 13 shots. Antonio Sanabria scored 2 goals. Best on the pitch was Antonio Sanabria, rated 8.5.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — CONMEBOL
   PAR 4-2-3-1·4-2-3-1 VEN
   Coach: Gustavo Julio Alfaro · Fernando Ariel BatistaReferee: P. Maza📍 Estadio Defensores del Chaco
2. 1. First half
   2. 12'
      VEN
      Yellow card
      Miguel Navarro
   3. 25'
      VEN
      GOOOAL!J. AramburuAssist: Y. Soteldo
   4. 35'
      

      PAR
      Yellow card
      Julio César Cáceres
   5. 38'
      VEN
      Yellow card
      Yeferson Soteldo
   6. 45+3'
      VEN
      Yellow card
      C. Casseres
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      

      PAR
      Substitution
      ▲Antonio Sanabria▼I. Pitta
   3. 46'
      

      PAR
      Substitution
      ▲Angel Romero▼Ramón Sosa
   4. 59'
      

      PAR
      GOOOAL!Antonio SanabriaAssist: J. Alonso
   5. 63'
      

      PAR
      Yellow card
      Omar Alderete
   6. 66'
      VEN
      Substitution
      ▲Jhonder Cádiz▼J. Savarino
   7. 68'
      VEN
      Yellow card
      Jhonder Cádiz
   8. 70'
      VEN
      Yellow card
      J. Aramburu
   9. 74'
      

      PAR
      GOOOAL!Antonio Sanabria
   10. 79'
       VEN
       Substitution
       ▲Eduard Bello▼Darwin Machís
   11. 80'
       

       PAR
       Substitution
       ▲Fabian Balbuena▼Miguel Almirón
   12. 80'
       

       PAR
       Substitution
       ▲D. Bobadilla▼Diego Gómez
   13. 80'
       VEN
       Substitution
       ▲T. Segovia▼C. Casseres
   14. 87'
       VEN
       Yellow card
       Eduard Bello
   15. 88'
       

       PAR
       Substitution
       ▲M. Villasanti▼Julio César Enciso
   16. 88'
       VEN
       Substitution
       ▲J. Ramirez▼N. Ferraresi