Paraguay-Peru is a match valid for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. How to watch the match, predictions and probable formations
In South America no time is wasted, and on the night the qualifiers for the upcoming World Cup begin. As usual in those parts the round is unique, and the top six of the ten teams participating in this Italian round go directly ahead. Then the seventh will make the playoff. In short, here we go.
One of the challenges of the first day is between Paraguay and Peru, with one team definitely favored and that’s the home team. Of course, in general it’s not a very good moment of form for Paraguay, which in the last five outings between friendlies and official engagements has won only once against Nicaragua, let’s say in a far from difficult engagement. But the same could be said of Peru, which in its last friendly played in June took four goals from Japan. Again, not one of the top national teams in the World.
And then there are also the statistics, which should be read differently this time than usual. Paraguay in the last five meetings against Peru has never won. Only draws or even defeats. And since the numbers tell us that sooner or later something different must obligatorily happen, we go straight for what is an almost foregone conclusion: there is, without a doubt, a statement from the hosts.
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The prediction
We should not expect much of a spectacle. Two formations that will go down with little technical quality. What we should expect, however, is a Paraguay eager to take an essential victory, right from the start, even for what is the rule of the South American group, that can bring the next World Cup closer. And the hosts have what it takes to succeed in the blow. A match that should give even less than four goals total.
The probable lineups of Paraguay-Peru
- PARAGUAY (4-3-3): S Rojas; R Rojas, Balbuena, Alonso, Alderete; Almiron, Ortiz, Cubas, Ojeda; Gonzalez, Avalos.
- PERU (4-3-3): Gallese; Advincula, Zambrano, Callens, Trauco; Tapia, Pena, Gonzales; Carillo, Guerrero, Ruidiaz.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-0
