Peru v Venezuela

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It's been a poor and ultimately disappointing start to this World Cup qualifying campaign for Peru who have managed to pick up just a single point to date from a possible 15 on offer thanks to a 0-0 draw away from home at Paraguay but since suffered four defeats on the trot, while Venezuela occupy a creditable fourth place in the CONMEBOL table and head into this upcoming clash at the Estadio Nacional de Lima on the back of a 0-0 draw at home with Ecuador.

Peru with just that single point under their belts now duly sit bottom of the South American qualifying table following Bolivia's win against them in their previous match and having also lost their subsequent four matches to Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Bolivia respectively, the Peruvians face a tough task ahead when they take on high-flying Venezuela.

Nevertheless, prior to this recent losing streak, Peru had been handed just one defeat in their preceding seven matches overall in World Cup qualifiers and had also collected four wins in the process, picking up wins against Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia and Paraguay, so Juan Reynoso's side will be hoping they can recapture that sort of form here on Tuesday night.

Venezuela have emerged as one of the ‘dark horses' in these World Cup qualifiers on the South American continent as the visitors occupy fourth place in the CONMEBOL table and they bring a solid looking four-match unbeaten sequence into this upcoming clash at the Estadio Nacional de Lima on Tuesday night.

Despite being dealt a 1-0 defeat away from home at Colombia in their opening qualifying match, Venezuela have since put together an impressive run of results which include wins against Paraguay and Chile along with picking up points in draws with Brazil and Ecuador, so Fernando Batista's side will be quietly confident that they can get something from this upcoming trip to Lima.

The bigger picture shows Venezuela have suffered just the one defeat out of their last 12 matches in all competitions, picking up seven wins in the process although it should be noted that four of these seven wins were recorded on home soil while the other three victories were in international friendlies.

However, switch to results away from home in World Cup qualifiers and you'll find a very different story concerning Venezuela's prowess, or lack of it, on the road at this level as the visitors have lost 10 of their last 11 outings on the road in World Cup qualifiers.

Peru v Venezuela Verdict

Peru have lost just twice in their last eight home qualifiers and having also won each of the last three meetings against Venezuela, the hosts look set to pick up their first win of this campaign on Tuesday night.

Therefore, our main bet will be Peru win @ 2.25

Other side bets worth considering:

Peru win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.00

Correct Score: Peru 1-0 @ 6.00