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Peru vs Colombia Prediction & Betting tips
No less than six teams have real chances in the final day of the 2018 World Cup qualifying in South America for one of the last three coveted tickets for the World Cup in Russia as well as the Playoff place. Only Brazil was able to escape this drama with a perfect qualification, and since March was the first World Cup participant next to the host. Uruguay, too, would have to be through, as far as safety is concerned, but should still get a point against the clear outsider from Bolivia. Before the end, however, the Argentinian vice-world champion is a bit surprising, who can only make the leap to the top five with a win. Laughing third could be the end of the selection of Paraguay, which as currently seventh also needs three points as well as the support of the competition, in the best case even to jump to third place.
One of the most interesting duels takes place between Peru and Colombia and is beaten in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday at 01:30 CET in Lima. The Colombians should be favored by the name, but the young and talented Peruvian elite has attracted attention with some successes and should not be underestimated. We believe that the Peruvians will remain unbeaten in the eighth game in a row and finish the qualification with a win and the World Cup ticket. For this reason, we recommend DNB bets on the hosts. In the event of a draw, the bet is returned.
Peru :
Before the start of the World Cup qualifying, Peru was viewed as an outsider and this seemed to be confirmed after a rather moderate start with four defeats in the first six games. The coach of Paolo Guerrero, however, is the first to take his place in the Copa America, where he won the first place in a group with Brazil and Ecuador. In the ensuing quarter-finals, the Peruvians did not get a goalless draw to the next opponents from Colombia and eventually lost in the penalty shoot-out.
After the Copa America the Guerrero elite stabilized and won seven of the last ten qualifying matches. Only against Chile (1: 2) and Brazil (0: 2) La Blanquirroja drew the shortest. After the defeat against the Brazilians, however, the Peruvians remained unbeaten in five qualifying matches as well as two friendly matches and even managed to score five victories, including Uruguay 2-1. In the last game of last Friday, it was a goalless draw for Argentina, the world champion, and the fifth place was successfully defended. Thus it is in the hands of the Peruvians, with a success against Colombia to draw the direct ticket to Russia.
Colombia:
The selection of Colombia, in contrast to the upcoming opponent to the favorite circle on one of the coveted World Cup tickets, and the reputation with three victories and a draw from the first six games to meet most largely. Also in the Copa America managed the elite of coach José Pekerman to the semifinals, but failed there to Chile. The small final against the USA won Los Cafeteros 1-0 and thus secured the third place.
However, the Pekerman team was not able to build on the successes at the Copa America. Against Brazil and Argentina, there were two defeats, which could certainly be coped with. However, the Colombians only won four victories, and that was only against the outsiders of the South American group. In addition, there were four draws, which were not really helpful, however, in order to get a better starting situation before the last matchday. The situation has worsened on the last Friday, when Paraguay beat an unexpected 1: 2 defeat. With a victory the qualification would have been almost perfect. However, the game against Peru and only one point lead is a real end game, in which, in the event of a defeat, even the sixth place and the out in the race for a World Cup ticket is considered.
Peru vs Colombia head to head matches
18.06.16 COP Peru Colombia 0 : 1 (0 : 0)
08.10.15 WC Colombia Peru 2 : 0
09.09.15 FI Colombia Peru 1 : 1
21.06.15 COP Colombia Peru 0 : 0
11.06.13 WC Colombia Peru 2 : 0