Sat level on four points in the South American group, Chile and Paraguay will return to World Cup qualifying on Friday when they do battle in Santiago.
The visitors leapfrogged their hosts with a 1-0 victory over Bolivia last time out in October but only lead Chile on goal difference after four rounds of fixtures.
Their bid began in September with a trip to Uruguay, and Eduardo Berizzo's side came away empty-handed in a 3-1 defeat, before taking their first point from a creditable goalless draw with Colombia.
La Roja would then return to action with optimism last month as meetings with Peru and Venezuela awaited, and while they did put up a first win against the former, triumphing 2-0 on home soil thanks to second-half goals from Diego Valdes and Marcelino Nunez, they were unable to make it back-to-back three-point hauls in their last outing.
Indeed, Berizzo's team fell well short in their trip to Venezuela, eventually succumbing to a 3-0 defeat as Yeferson Soteldo, Salomon Rondon and Darwin Machis all found the net for the hosts, with the last two coming after Nunez was sent off early in the second half.
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