Peru vs Venezuela Prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds

Peru welcomes Venezuela to their home turf for a world cup qualifier but are currently on a terrible run of form.

Dark horses in the early stages On Tuesday, Venezuela will travel to Lima to face Peru, which is currently last in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying.

Venezuela is the continent's only country that has never qualified for the World Cup, but a strong start has given hope that they can end their long wait.

Predictions for the game

Peru has had a dismal start to their qualifying campaign, sitting bottom after five matches with only one point.

That came in a 0-0 draw with Paraguay on matchday one, and they have yet to score in the group, with four straight defeats to nil.

Thursday's loss in Bolivia was arguably the most concerning, as it was their first point of the season, dropping Peru to the bottom of the table.

While getting Brazil and Argentina out of the way early may be a minor plus going forward, sitting at the bottom will do little to boost confidence for a team that, realistically, needs to win here to stay in contention.

The most surprising aspect of Peru's start has been how quickly they have fallen off, as they were only a penalty shoot-out away from making the last World Cup but lost to Australia in the intercontinental playoff.

Despite an expanded format that gives CONMEBOL two additional automatic spots, they appear to be in serious danger of missing out again.

Manager Juan Reynoso will be hoping that Peru can maintain their unblemished record against Venezuela, as they have never lost a home game against their upcoming opponents.

While Peru may have been the biggest underachievers thus far, Venezuela has been the biggest overachievers, comfortably sitting in an automatic qualification spot.

Even though the format has been expanded to potentially allow seven of the continent's ten nations to qualify, few critics gave them much of a chance, but that could change this time around.

Venezuela has been a perennial failure, having never made it to the finals since entering qualifying for the 1966 edition.

Fernando Batista's men, on the other hand, appear capable of rewriting history, as a strong start has them well in contention.

They are fourth after five games, one point ahead of Brazil, with whom they drew in their last away game.

Venezuela's only blemish is a 0-0 draw with Ecuador on Thursday, which extended their unbeaten streak to four games, two of which were victories over Chile and Paraguay.

Predictions

Even though Peru is currently on a poor run of form, at their home turf it will be difficult to lose to Venezuela who are not that good either.
We therefore predict a draw between Peru and Venezuela.

We also predict Under 2.5 in this match.
 

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