This Wednesday’s CONMEBOL World Cup Qualification sees Peru make the trip to face all time World Cup winners Brazil at the Arena BRB Mané Garrincha.
Brazil actually come into this match in worse form then people might think. They are however in a great spot to get out of the group. Peru on the other hand are sat in second to last having only achieved six points from a possible 27.
Brazil are missing some huge stars like Alisson and Vinicius Jr but they have world class replacements that will make it seem like it is not a huge deal. Being able to replace those key players with Ederson and Rodrygo feels unfair but that is just how good Brazil are.
Predicted Line-Up: Ederson; Abner, Gabriel Magalhães, Marquinhos, Danilo (c); André, Bruno Guimarães; Endrick, Lucas Paquetá, Raphinha; Rodrygo
Brazil have slightly struggled in their last five games across all competitions. Two wins, one loss and two draws isn’t too bad as they are still doing fine in the standings, comfortably qualifying at the moment in fourth place. The nine games so far have resulted in them picking up 13 points, just two points shy of third placed Uruguay. But, some bad news for Brazil is that they are suffering with key players being out injured.
Seleção Canarinho go into this match without the likes of Alisson Becker, Gleison Bremer, Gabriel Martinelli and superstar Vinicius Jr. These players are a huge miss so Dorival Júnior will have to do his best to work around that. With the amount of talent in this Brazil side there is bound to be a handful of players that will definitely be able to change the outcome of this match if it happens to start not going their way. Real Madrid’s Rodrygo has three goal in qualifying and he could very much add another in this match.
Predicted Line-Up: Pedro Gallese; Luis Abram, Carlos Zambrano (c), Miguel Araujo; Alexander Callens, Sergio Peña, Jesús Castillo, Oliver Sonne, Andy Polo; Edison Flores, Álex Valera
This match is the perfect time for Peru to take on the challenge of facing one of the best teams in the world. Across all competitions, they have seen a victory against an impressive Uruguay side as well as hold on for a draw versus Columbia, who aren’t an easy side to beat by any means.
La Blanquirroja have not scored many goals in qualifying, just three to be exact but recent performances suggest that they can add at least one more to that tally. It is more defensively where they need to work on since Peru have conceded 10 goals in the nine CONMEBOL World Cup Qualification games.
These sides have faced each other 51 times throughout history.
Brazil unsurprisingly come into this match holding an advantage over Peru as they have come out victors on 37 occasions, 32 more times than Peru’s five wins in this fixture. A draw has happened nine times out of the 51 games, leaving Argentina with a confident 72.5% win percentage.
The last five faceoffs have been split in Brazil’s favour, winning all five times. Brazil have the opportunity to make it six wins in a row in this match.
Peru have managed to score past some of the big names in South America over their last couple of games. Uruguay and Columbia the victim of a Peru goal. In addition, Brazil have been shaky over their last five games, losing in a 1-0 shock upset against Paraguay as well as Chile scoring past them.
For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Brazil To Win + Both Teams To Score as our best value tip for this game.
Odds of 31/10 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £41 in this match.
(odds subject to change)
Brazil 2-1 Peru
Peru have found the back of the net against some tough opponents recently and we can see that happening again. Unfortunately for them and despite some recent struggles, Brail should come out on top in this one.
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