Does Argentina's Situation Look Grim?

Argentina sit 4th in the South American qualifying group with 22 points after last night’s loss at Ecuador.

Their remaining 4 matches in order are Brazil at home, Paraguay away, Peru at home and Uruguay away. At least three of these are expected to be very difficult matches.

So would you say their situation is grim?

Here are the South American qualifying group standings.


Groups and Standings
The top 4 teams qualify for the FIFA World Cup™. The 5th placed team enters a home-and-away playoff with the 4th placed team from North,Central America & Caribbean.

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts

Brazil
14 7 6 1 25 6 27

Chile
14 8 2 4 23 14 26

Paraguay
14 7 3 4 20 13 24

Argentina
14 6 4 4 19 15 22

Ecuador
14 5 5 4 18 20 20

Uruguay
14 4 6 4 23 16 18

Colombia
14 4 5 5 7 11 17

Venezuela
14 5 2 7 17 24 17

Bolivia
14 3 3 8 19 30 12

Peru
14 1 4 9 7 29 7