📊 Form Guide

Venezuela

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Venezuela will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-1 WC Qualifiers - South America losing effort in their last game against Ecuador.

In that game, Venezuela had 29% possession and 10 shots at goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Venezuela was Jhonder Cádiz (90'). On the other side, Ecuador got 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Enner Valencia (39', 46') was the scorer for Ecuador.

Venezuela have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, although they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Venezuela have been punished defensively in 5 of them as well as managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Peru

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Peru head into the match following on from a 3-1 WC Qualifiers - South America win as they beat Bolivia in their most recent match.

In that game, Peru managed 51% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Peru, the scorers were Andy Polo (37'), Paolo Guerrero (45') and Edison Flores (82'). At the other end, Bolivia got 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

The forward players for Peru have had real problems scoring goals over their previous 6 encounters, contributing the poor return of only 4. In those matches, La Blanquirroja have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 7. That trend might not be continued into this next game, however.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 23/03/2017 shows that Venezuela have won 0 of these games and Peru 3, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A total of 11 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 4 of them from La Vinotinto and 7 for La Blanquirroja. That is an average goals per game value of 1.83.

The last league match featuring these clubs was WC Qualifiers - South America match day 6 on 22/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Peru 1-1 Venezuela.

On that occasion, Peru managed 47% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Yoshimar Yotún (17').

For their opponents, Venezuela got 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Jefferson Savarino (54') was the scorer.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Peru will likely be able to find the back of the net against this Venezuela team, however it probably won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our tip is for a narrow 2-1 winning score for Venezuela at full-time. Could easily see this go either way.

Victor Martins, 23:02 25/03/2025