Peru vs Brazil
2018 World Cup Qualifiers – South America.
Date: Wednesday; 16th November 2016,
Kick-off at 02:15 UK
Venue: Estadio Nacional de Lima (Peru).
Peru has been winless in two of its last three matches and is currently in the eighth spot of the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying table. They are nine points above ninth-place team Venezuela and only a point below seventh-running squad Paraguay.
Peru pulled off an impressive 4-1 upset victory over Paraguay in matchday 11 last Thursday in a match held on the road at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción to snap a two-game winless skid, as per Sportstarlive.
Paraguay midfielder Cristian Riveros opened the scoring in the ninth minute as the hosts were able to keep it to take a one-point advantage at the break.
However, head coach Ricardo Gareca's side went alive in the second half as they unloaded four goals in the final 45 minutes of play.
The floodgates were opened three minutes after the restart with a goal from center back Christian Ramos to equalize the count. After that, winger Edison Flores gave the lead to Peru with another goal in the 71st.
Midfielder Christian Cueva made it a 3-1 count in the 78th before an own goal by Paraguay's Edgar Benitez completed the final count in the 84th.
Meanwhile, Brazil dominated rival Argentina, 3-0, at the Mineirão in Belo Horizonte also last Thursday, the Mirror reported.
Neymar outshone his Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi during the match assisting on Philippe Coutinho's opening goal in the 24th minute before he came through with his own right in the 45th with the assist this time coming from striker Gabriel Jesus.
A Chinese Super League connection of Paulinho and Renato Augusto completed the three-goal haul in the 58th minute with the Beijing Guoan midfielder assisting to his Guangzhou Evergrande counterpart.
Peru vs Brazil: Head-to-Head Stats
Peru earned a surprise 1-0 win when they faced Brazil at the Copa America Centenario Competition in USA on June 2016. The result eventually eliminated Brazil from the competition in the group stage.
While Brazil picked a comfortable 3-0 win when the teams faced off from the first leg qualifying fixture on November 2015. This was Brazil’s 13th consecutive unbeaten match against Peru in all competition. Peru have now broken the streak with their win in the Copa America.
The last three qualifying fixtures between the two teams at Peru are 1-1 draws. While Brazil managed to grab a 1-0 win before the three draws in a row.
Peru vs Brazil: Prediction
Brazil look unbeatable at the moment and they are expected to carry over their good run of form in the last qualifying match of the calendar year. Yet, they are still not at their very best, but have found the knack of getting results in crucial matches.
Peru are no pushovers and have a good account of themselves while playing at home. But with such a poor head-to-head record, they hardly stand a chance against a Brazil in lethal goal-scoring form.
Peru vs Brazil: Bet Tips
Both Teams to Score and Brazil to win at 3.75 (11/4)
Over 2.5 goals at 1.95 (19/20).
