Peru vs Chile Preview: Team News & Prediction

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It's a meeting between two struggling South American nations as Chile make the trip to Lima to take on Peru.

Kick-off date/time: Saturday 16th November, 2024: UK – 12:00am / US ET – 7:00pm (Friday) / US PT – 4:00pm (Friday)

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – Fanatiz

Peru Preview: Reliant on home form

With Peru away to reigning Copa America and world champions Argentina next week, they know that this is a must-win game at home to the only team below them in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying campaign.

Their only victory in the current qualifying cycle came last month at home to Uruguay, and it is at home where they have picked up five of their six points to date.

Chile Preview: Struggling badly

There was more misery for Chile in the last international break, as they fell to the bottom of the qualification table following defeats to Brazil and Colombia, and under-fire head coach Ricardo Gareca is badly in need of a result here.

Their 4-0 loss at Colombia signalled their worst losing streak in qualifying for over 20 years, while they have scored just one goal in their five away games in the current CONMEBOL section.

Peru Squad

Chile Squad

Goalkeepers: Brayan Cortes, Lawrence Vigouroux, Vicente Reyes.

Defenders: Guillermo Maripan, Paulo Diaz, Benjamiu Kuscevic, Francisco Sierralta, Fabian Hormazabal, Felipe Loyola, Gabriel Suazo, Marcelo Morales.

Midfielders: Erick Pulgar, Rodrigo Echeverria, Vicente Pizarro, Williams Alarcon, Esteban Pavez, Diego Valdes, Luciano Cabral, Arturo Vidal

Forwards: Dario Osorio, Alexander Aravena, Maximiliano Guerrero, Lucas Cepeda, Eduardo Vargas, Gonzalo Tapia, Felipe Mora

Key Stats

• Peru have lost only two of their last 11 World Cup qualifying matches at home (W5 D4).
• Peru have won seven of their previous 11 World Cup qualifying matches at home against Chile (L4).
• Peru have won only one of their last 11 World Cup qualifying matches (D4 L6).
• Peru have failed to score in eight of their last 11 World Cup qualifying matches.
• Chile have won seven of their last nine World Cup qualifying matches against Peru (L2).
• Chile have won only one of their last 12 World Cup qualifying matches (D2 L9). That was a 2-0 home victory against Peru in October 2023.
• Chile have lost their last five World Cup qualifying matches.

Peru vs Chile Prediction

The bottom two sides in CONMEBOL qualifying do battle in Lima, and despite their lowly position, the fact that there are still eight games remaining in the current cycle mans that both sides will believe they can reach a qualification spot should they string some positive results together.

That has to start here, which means this could be a rather open affair as both sides target the win. With that in mind, over 2.5 goals is the suggested betting market.

Peru vs Chile Tip: Over 2.5 goals