Mexico and Paraguay will square off at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in an international friendly on Wednesday.Mexico have qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and this will be one of the few friendly games they have scheduled ahead of the main event. Paraguay missed out on qualifying for the finals and will take this game as an opportunity to experiment with their squad.Both teams have only called upon players based in the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL regions to play in this game. Players currently plying their trade with European clubs have been left out of the squads for this one-off friendly.Mexican National Team@miseleccionmxENSquad looking good this morning! 🤩#MEXTOUR | #SomosLocales693Squad looking good this morning! 🤩🇲🇽#MEXTOUR | #SomosLocales https://t.co/LtaN7wDRRFMexico vs Paraguay Head-to-HeadThe two teams have met 20 times across all competitions, with friendlies making up for more than half of these meetings. Mexico have been the better side against their southern rivals, picking up 11 wins. Paraguay have four wins to their name while five games have ended in draws.They last met in a friendly game in the USA in 2019. The game ended in a 4-2 win for El Tri. Mexico form guide (all competitions): D-W-D-L-WParaguay form guide (all competitions): D-L-L-W-LMexico vs Paraguay Team NewsMexico Gerardo Martino initially named a 21-man squad for the game. Club America’s Henry Martin and Tigres UANL's Sebastian Cordova picked up minor injuries and had to withdraw from the squad.Angel Zaldivar was named as a replacement, bringing the final strength of the squad to 20 players.Injured: Sebastian Cordova, Henry MartinDoubtful: NoneUnavailable: NoneSelección Paraguaya@AlbirrojaPrimera movilización La #Albirroja comenzó a preparar el encuentro de este miércoles ante @miseleccionmx en el Mercedes-Benz Stadium de Atlanta.Los detalles: bit.ly/3KyeUJW#VamosParaguay 632Primera movilización 💪La #Albirroja ⚪🔴 comenzó a preparar el encuentro de este miércoles ante @miseleccionmx 🇲🇽 en el Mercedes-Benz Stadium de Atlanta.Los detalles: bit.ly/3KyeUJW#VamosParaguay 🇵🇾 https://t.co/bCsBWCoVwmParaguay Guillermo Barros Schelotto also called upon 21 players for their friendly against Mexico. Defender Alexis Duarte picked up an injury and has not traveled to Atlanta with the team.Injured: Alexis DuarteDoubtful: NoneUnavailable: NoneMexico vs Paraguay Predicted XIsMexico (4-3-3): Carlos Acevedo; Israel Reyes, Jesus Angulo, César Montes, Kevin Álvarez; Luis Romo, Luis Chavez, Érick Aguirre; Uriel Antuna, Rodolfo Pizarro, Alexis VegaParaguay (4-4-2): Antony Silva; Luis Felipe Zárate, Bruno Valdez, Iván Piris, Saúl Salcedo; Richard Sanchez, Andres Cubas, Richard Ortiz, Iván Arturo Torres; Carlos González, Matías Galarza2 for 1 New Player Bonus at BarstoolMexico vs Paraguay PredictionBoth teams have left some of their star players out of the squad for this friendly. This will mean some of the uncapped players might get an opportunity to impress the managers here.Mexico have looked solid in their games this year and, given their good record against La Albirroja, they should be able to secure a narrow win here.Prediction: Mexico 2-1 Paraguay