Argentina vs Peru Prediction

This Wednesday’s CONMEBOL World Cup Qualification sees Peru make the trip to face reigning World Cup and Copa America champions Argentina at the Estadio Alberto José Armando.

Key Stats

• Argentina are unbeaten in their last 9 home games
• Peru haven’t won an away game in their last 7 attempts
• Argentina haven’t lost in their last 8 meetings with Peru (5W-3D)
• Peru haven’t scored in their last 2 matches

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

These sides are the polar opposites of each other. Argentina sit in first place in the group and Peru are sat one place from the bottom of the table.

Unsurprisingly, Argentina’s Lionel Messi is the top goalscorer in the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualification. He sits in top spot with six goals to his name as well as two assists. Given he is one of the best players to even play football, he could be the man to make the difference in this match.

Argentina Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Emiliano Martínez; Nicolás Tagliafico, Leonardo Balerdi, Nicolás Otamendi, Nahuel Molina; Enzo Fernández, Rodrigo de Paul; Julián Alvarez, Alexis Mac Allister, Lionel Messi (c); Lautaro Martínez

Argentina have done well across their CONEMBOL World Cup Qualification campaign. Seven wins, three losses and one draw has resulted in them picking up 22 points, three points clear of second and third placed Uruguay and Colombia. They head into this one with a loss in their most recent game, a 1-2 defeat away from home against Paraguay last Thursday. As part of this competition, they have already come up against Peru. When these two sides met last time out Messi was in great form and his brace meant that Argentina were 0-2 victors. Messi and his teammates have a great chance to try and replicate that performance when these sides play each other again on Wednesday.

Peru Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Carlos Cáceda; Alexander Callens, Miguel Araujo, Aldo Corzo; Luis Advíncula, Sergio Peña, Wilder Cartagena, Oliver Sonne, Andy Polo; Álex Valera, Paolo Guerrero (c)

Peru have massively struggled during qualifying in comparison to their opponents Argentina. They have only managed to pick up one win so far, on top of six losses and four draws. Those results have meant that they sit in ninth place in the group with seven points, just one place and point above bottom of the standings side Chile. Peru head into this one with a draw in their most recent game, a goalless stalemate with Chile last Saturday. Given they haven’t managed to produce many impressive displays, it looks like they will be handed another defeat by Argentina in this match on Wednesday.

Head To Head Stats: Argentina vs Peru

There have been 43 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

Argentina expectedly come into this match holding an advantage over Peru as they have come out victors on 28 occasions, 23 more times than Peru’s five wins in this fixture. A draw has happened 10 times out of the 43 games, leaving Argentina with a confident 65.1% win percentage.

Betting Tips For Argentina vs Peru

Peru have not scored any goals away on top of the fact that they have conceded 14 goals throughout qualifying. Messi grabbed himself a brace the last time these sides met and he could more then well find another goal in this one.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Argentina To Win + Lionel Messi To Score Anytime as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 1/1 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £20 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Argentina vs Peru

Argentina 3-0 Peru

Peru have not been great at finding the back of the net in their qualifying matches, scoring only three times in 11 matches. We can see Argentina grabbing a handful without reply in this one.