Peru v Colombia Betting Preview – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers 11th October
A win for Colombia in this one will guarantee that they finish in the top four of the group, while a win for Peru would put them in with a great chance of following suit, or at least holding onto the fifth place which is the play off spot. Peru go into this one of the back of a good draw out in Argentina, while Colombia slipped up at home against Paraguay, missing a golden opportunity to have clinched and automatic spot. The winner of this just takes the spoils of an automatic qualification spot. Game on then.
Peru v Colombia Betting Tips
Peru are well in with a chance of making it to the World Cup and will get there if they can produce a win in this fixture. While they only need to match whatever Argentina do to stay above the Albiceleste, they have to better whatever Paraguay manage in their final game. Pretty much anything can happen and their fate is only in their own hands if they win as it will push out Colombia. So this is a big head to head match up. Colombia won 2-0 when the two met earlier in the campaign, but after that, the two met at the Copa America 2016 and there was a 0-0 draw between them over 90 minutes. Three of the last four meetings between them have ended in a draw (90 minutes) and under 2.5 goals at bet365 is a price of 4/5.
Peru’s home form in the group reads W4 D2 L2 so it’s pretty decent stuff from them. They have done a terrific offensive job as well because only Brazil and Uruguay have scored more goals in the campaign than they have as well (although they were handed a 3-0 win over Bolivia who fielded an ineligible player against them). Peru ground out a 0-0 draw in Argentina last week and their current form reads W5 D1 in their last six games, both qualifiers and friendly matches. Edison Flores and Paolo Guerrero are joint top scorers for them with five goals in qualification and they are a price of 3/1 and 6/4 respectively in the bet365 anytime goalscorer market. There is a huge carrot dangling in front of them in this one. But caution is there too because a defeat would likely wipe them out of even the play off spot.
Colombia could have been home and dry as they took a lead with ten minutes to go against Paraguay last week. That would have put them at the World Cup, but then in a remarkable comeback, Paraguay scored in the 89th and 92nd minute to take a win. Will Colombia end up ruling that missed chance? Radamel Falcao was on target in the game and he is a 13/10 anytime goalscorer option for the game. A draw keeps Colombia above Peru, but if it is only a draw, they could still be edged out by Argentina if they beat Ecuador and potentially Paraguay if they beat bottom side Venezuela by a big enough margin. The 1-1 draw in the Bet365 correct score market is the shortest priced option at 5/1 and this is another of the intense games to come from the final round of CONMEBOL matches.
Peru v Colombia Betting Odds
Peru 11/8, Colombia 19/10, Draw 23/10
Peru v Colombia Predictions
Draw: As Peru showed against Argentina, they can hold their own. Colombia were rocked in a late defeat last week and they have not been particularly convincing out on the road in the qualifiers and that should afford the hosts a chance to scrap out a draw. This should be some scrap.
