Peru vs Uruguay prediction: SOUTH AMERICA: World Championship – Qualification betting tips on match 2024-10-11 01:30.
[p]Having appeared at just one of the last ten FIFA World Cups, Peru are a rarity on the global football scene, which might not change based on their performances to date in the CONMEBOL 2026 World Cup Qualifiers (WCQ). They remain the only side yet to win during the campaign (D3, L5) and start matchday nine stuck at the bottom of the table, six points behind even a play-off spot![/p]
[p]With only two goals scored in those eight games, it’s evident where their shortcomings are, although the Red and White have netted those in their last three qualifiers (D2, L1). Both those goals have also come at home, where Peru could prove to be a tricky customer, having avoided defeat in eight (W4, D4) of their last ten such CONMEBOL qualifiers.[/p]
[p]Their record against upcoming opponents Uruguay adds further hope, as Peru have lost just one of their last five home H2H WCQs (W2, D2). The visitors will be keen to change that narrative as they start this matchday only three points adrift of leaders Argentina, keeping them in line to reach the World Cup finals for a fifth consecutive time – a record for the country![/p]
[p]La Celeste have won eight of their last 12 WCQs (D3, L1), which offers them hope of extending that run, although they are coming off successive goalless draws against Paraguay and Venezuela. Those two blanks haven’t affected their status as the highest CONMEBOL scorers this campaign after eight games (13), and complementing their attacking efforts, Uruguay have kept five consecutive clean sheets in WCQs. That impressive defensive statistic could conceivably improve further on this trip, as they have shut their opponents out in four of their last six away WCQs.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Edison Flores scored in a 2-0 win for club side Universitario de Deportes last time out and has seen five of his last six goals in WCQs help Peru to victory, including the winner in a home H2H in March 2017. Darwin Núñez could help Uruguay get on the scoresheet – he’s contributed six goals (G5, A1) in his last four WCQs, while his first international goal was an equaliser in a 1-1 H2H draw in a 2019 friendly.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: There have been fewer than 2.5 goals in nine of Peru’s last ten home WCQs.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]