Colombia hosts Peru in a match from the World Cup qualifiers in South America. Let’s see what we can tell you about it in these Value bets analysis for football matches this week.
Colombia needs to push if they want to play at the next World Cup. Los Cafeteros are 6th in the standings with 20 points. Right now they are good, but a little more consistency would be good for them.
Just look at Colombia’s last four matches in the World Cup qualifiers – one draw and three losses. In their last match Nestor Lorenzo’s boys hosted Paraguay at home, but only got a point after a 2-2 draw. Luis Diaz and Jhon Duran actually gave Colombia a solid advantage, but Los Cafeteros conceded twice and missed that opportunity to win.
Just as always, Jhon Duran and Luis Diaz are expected to lead the attack for Colombia. Another option for Lorenzo is to pick Almeria’s Luis Suarez. In midfield James Rodriguez could play his 115th match for the national team. Jefferson Lerma is crucial as well.
Peru are most likely not participating at the next World Cup, except if they don’t start winning. The team is 9th in the standings with 10 points – five points behind the 7th Venezuela and the play-off spot. The Peruvians won just one of their last five games in the competition.
In their last match Peru faced Venezuela away from home, but conceded a 0-1 defeat in Maturin. Now what could the head coach Oscar Ibanez change against Colombia? Players like Flores, Quevedo and Lapadula could be picked to start.
That’s the Value bets analysis for football matches this week for the World Cup qualifying match in South America between Colombia and Peru. Surely Los Cafeteros are favorites here, especially because of Peru’s bad form. But let’s see – we have seen many surprises happen in games like this one.