WC Qualifiers – South America game will see Peru and Paraguay draw the curtain at the Estadio Nacional de Lima on Wednesday. Kickoff set for 30th March 2022 02:30 EAT.
Peru is in fifth place on the table with 21 points from 17 matches. In the last five fixtures three wins, one draw and one loss were recorded. In their last six matches, Peru has had it easy to score netting every time hitting and aggregate of 11 goals and only 3 goals were scored against them.
Peru will want a better result here following a 1-0 WC Qualifiers – South America loss in their previous game against Uruguay. In that match, Peru had 51% possession, 7 shots with 2 of them on target. Uruguay had 14 shots with 2 of them on target and a goal scored by Giorgian de Arrascaeta (42’).
Meanwhile, Paraguay sits eighth with 16 points from 17 matches. Three losses, one draw and one win have been recorded in the past five fixtures. Peru was denied an automatic FIFA World Cup ticket on Friday, as they fell to a slender loss to Uruguay ending a seven-game unbeaten run across competitions, claiming five wins and two draws.
Paraguay is hoping for the same result following a 3-1 WC Qualifiers – South America win over Ecuador in their most recent game. In that match, Paraguay got 42% possession, 10 shots with 2 of them on target and goals scored by Robert Morales (9’), Piero Hincapie (45+6’) and miguel Almiron (54’). Ecudor had 13 shots with 34 of them on target and a goal scored by Jordy Caicedo (85’).
Peru vs Paraguay head to head
These two teams have had 17 encounters since 2003. Peru got 9 victories; Paraguay got 5 wins and 3 matches ended in a stalemate.
- Peru 4-3 Paraguay 03/07/21
- Paraguay 2-2 Peru 09/10/20
- Peru 1-0 Paraguay 23/03/19
- Peru 1-0 Paraguay 09/06/17
- Paraguay 1-4 Peru 11/11/16
Home
- Uruguay 1-0 Peru
- Peru 1-1 Ecuador
- Colombia 0-1 Peru
- Peru 3-0 Jamaica
- Peru 1-1 Panama
Away
- Paraguay 3-1 Ecuador
- Brazil 4-0 Paraguay
- Paraguay 0-1 Uruguay
- Colombia 0-0 Paraguay
- Paraguay 0-1 Chile
Peru team news
The hosts will be without the services of Andre Carrillo due to injury.
Paraguay team news
Guillermo Barros Schelotto will be without the services of Robert Morales due to injury.
Prediction and odds
The Peruvians are one of the four teams to have remained unbeaten in the past five appearances at home while Paraguay had scored the least number of goals in the competition.
- Peru win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
