Uruguay vs Peru prediction: SOUTH AMERICA: World Championship – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-09-04 23:30.
[p]Two sides on very different trajectories in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying meet in Montevideo as Uruguay welcome struggling Peru.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay started the matchday fourth in the table and have already secured an inter-confederation play-off spot at worst, helped by statement 2-0 wins over Argentina and Brazil earlier in the cycle. They had lost their way more recently with a winless CONMEBOL run that stretched three games while delivering no goals, but they crucially got back to winning ways against Venezuela on the previous matchday (2-0) and can guarantee their automatic qualification with a victory here, so expect them to go all out in pursuit of glory.[/p]
[p]Peru head into the matchday with a remote chance of qualifying for the inter-confederation play-offs despite sitting second-bottom in the table courtesy of a three-game winless run (D2, L1). The efforts of manager Óscar Ibáñez, appointed earlier this year, won’t be helped by a list of notable absentees, meaning the prospects of reaching their first World Cup finals since 2018 are looking less and less likely, especially if they suffer another poor result here. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Peru came out on top (1-0) in the last meeting between these sides back in October 2024, but that was a first win in six 90-minute meetings between these two sides (D3, L2), while Uruguay haven’t conceded more than one goal in any of those games. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Uruguay kept a clean sheet in five of their last seven home WCQs. [/p]
[p]Uruguay haven’t scored more than once in any of the last eight H2H meetings. [/p]
[p]Peru are yet to score an away goal in this qualifying cycle. [/p]
[p]Just two of Peru’s last 16 CONMEBOL matches have produced over 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Uruguay forward Rodrigo Aguirre boasts having scored in two of his nation’s previous three home games. Piero Quispe set up the winner for Peru in the last H2H and registered two club assists in two matches at the back end of July/start of August. [/p]
[p]Darwin Núñez will miss the game as he serves the remainder of a ban for his involvement in an altercation with fans last year, while Peru will miss several key players, especially Miguel Araujo who scored the winner when these two last met. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Uruguay look justified favourites to win this one, although the H2H history suggests a tight affair. We fancy Uruguay to win by a one-goal margin.[/p]
[p][i]Author: David HÂ [/i][/p]