Peru are travelling on Tuesday to take on Venezuela as they look to climb into the top five of the South American World Cup 2022 Qualifying group.
The visitors are currently in position seven but they remain within two points of the qualification places, while the hosts are stranded at the foot of the group.
The difficult spell on Venezuela at the international stage has continued into this World Cup Qualifying campaign, as La Vinotinto are now almost mathematically out of the race for what would have been their maiden global tournament.
While their 2-1 victory over Chile was a high point in 2020, that was their ony win in the first 10 qualifying games, leaving them on just four points at the bottom of the group, before managing to defeat Ecuador 2-1 in October, goals from Darwin Machis and Eduard Bello.
Such a win was impressive but they have not been able to build a run on those foundations, having since lost 3-0 to Chile and 1-0 To Ecuador.
Currently sitting on just seven points from 13 of their 18 games, La Vinotinto are all but out of contention, but they are still of hope to post a positive result and regain some confidence on Tuesday.
They meet a Peru side who will look to challenge for the top five spot after an important victory last time out.
Peru having started the qualifying campaign with four defeats and a draw, their qualification hopes looked so slim, but they have managed to overturn their form in an impressive fashion.
Los Incas have now collected 13 points from their last away games to stand a strong chance of a top-five finish, although those chances were disrupted by consecutive defeats to Bolivia and Argentina in October. Their situation could change with a victory.
Venezuela vs Peru head to head
Though Peru have performed slightly better than Venezuela, they do not have a good record away. Out of their nine victories over Venezuela, eight have been at home. Venezuela have won six, five at home and one away, having scored 23 goals against 24 of Peru in all competitions.
Peru 2-2 Venezuela 25/03/16
Venezuela 2-2 Peru 24/03/17
Venezuela 0-0 Peru 15/06/19
Venezuela 0-1 Peru 28/06/21
Peru 1-0 Venezuela 06/09/21
Venezuela latest home form
Lately, we can say that Venezuela have not kept an impressive record at home. With only one win in their last five matches at home in all competitions, anyone cannot have confidence to say that they have a good form at home. They have been beaten three times and drawn once in the same.
Venezuela 2-2 Ecuador 21/06/21
Venezuela 0-1 Peru 28/08/21
Venezuela 1-3 Argentina 03/09/21
Venezuela 1-3 Brazil 08/10/21
Venezuela 2-1 Ecuador 10/10/21
Venezuela latest away form
Venezuela are currently in a bad state in terms of away performance. Running winless in more than five away matches in all competitions is wake up call for them to really improve. In their recent five matches, they have only managed to draw once and lost four times.
Colombia 0-0 Venezuela 18/06/21
Peru 1-0 Venezuela 06/09/21
Paraguay 2-1 Venezuela 10/09/21
Chile 3-0 Venezuela 15/10/21
Ecuador 1-0 Venezuela 12/11/21
Peru latest home form
Peru are in a relatively good form at home currently as per their performance. They have run unbeaten in their last five recent matches in all competitions. All four of their reccent home matches have been of the World Cup Qualifiers, with three wins and one draw.
Peru 3-3 Paraguay 03/07/21
Peru 1-1 Uruguay 03/09/21
Peru 1-0 Venezuela 06/09/21
Peru 2-0 Chile 08/10/21
Peru 3-0 Bolivia 12/11/21
Peru latest away form
Unlike their performance at home, Peru have currently had a very poor away form. They have run winless in their five recent away games in all tournaments, not even managing a draw. Worse enough they have only scored twice and conceded 8.
Brazil 1-0 Peru 06/07/21
Colombia 3-2 Peru 10/07/21
Brazil 2-0 Peru 10/09/21
Bolivia 1-0 Peru 10/10/21
Argentina 1-0 Peru 15/10/21
Venezuela news
Venezuela are missing all-time top scorer Salomon Rondon, who has missed this international break focussing to get sharp for Everton. Jose Martinez and Tomas Rincon form a solid midfield pairing, meaning they will be relied on to provide experience in the engine room.
Peru news
Peru are exoected to field an unchanged side on Tuesday, with Christian Cueva,Renato Tapia and Sergio Pena remaining key players. A possible change is the return of Yoshimar Yotun, as Gianluca Lapadula will continue to lead the line who scored last time to reach 4 international goals.
Prediction and Odds
Regarding the difference in class between the two sides, we see Peru possibly picking a victory over Venezuela on Tuesday. The hosts have struggled and again we see them being overwhelmed by Peru, who will be having confidence after a win last time out.
Odds: 1 3.10 X 3.50 2 1.75
Probable outcomes
Venezuela 1-3 Peru
Venezuela 1-2 Peru
Venezuela 0-2 Peru
Venezuela 0-1 Peru
Venezuela 0-3 Peru
