Comments and predictions for Colombia vs Peru: Suffocating pressure

Latest Colombia vs Peru team information

Colombia will be without star Luis Diaz (Liverpool) due to suspension, while Luis Sinisterra (AFC Bournemouth) is also absent due to injury.

However, captain James Rodriguez is still present and will likely make his 115th appearance for the national team, in front of the home crowd.

The defense is the area most affected by injuries, with pillars such as Juan Cabal, Yerson Mosquera, Santiago Arias, Johan Mojica and Carlos Cuesta all absent from the training list this time.

Despite Peru's poor performance recently, coach Ibanez has kept most of the same squad that disappointed in the qualifying round.

A reshuffle is needed, as several key players are now in their 30s: Luis Advincula, Carlos Zambrano, Gianluca Lapadula (all 35), Andre Carrillo (33) and veteran striker Paolo Guerrero (41) – who could be a starter.

Defender Miguel Trauco is absent this time due to injury, along with Wilder Cartagena and Alexander Callens also absent.

Latest expected lineup Colombia vs Peru

Colombia:
Vargas; Munoz, Mina, Lucumi, Machado; Rios, Lerma, Asprilla; J Arias, Duran, James

Peru:
Gallesse; Advincula, Zambrano, Garces, Lopez; Aquino, Tapia, Carrillo; Polo, Guerrero, Reyna

Latest Colombia vs Peru football commentary

After nearly 30 unbeaten matches since taking charge of Colombia, coach Néstor Lorenzo has seen his team decline severely in the past few months, leaving them still worried about their World Cup qualification.

Colombia are currently the closest team to falling out of the top six in the South American qualifying round (CONMEBOL), but their remaining fixtures are considered quite favorable.

Colombia’s final two home games are against Peru – who are bottom of the group – and Bolivia – who are generally poor away from home – before finishing the campaign with a trip to Venezuela.

Failure to get at least 7 points from these 3 games would be a huge disappointment. However, looking at current form, that is by no means guaranteed.

After three consecutive defeats against Uruguay, Ecuador and Brazil, Coach Lorenzo's team continued to disappoint when they dropped a victory despite leading Paraguay 2-0 at home, only to be equalized 2-2. They are currently in 6th place - just 5 points ahead of Venezuela (the team holding the play-off spot).

Venezuela host Bolivia at home this week – a game they are expected to win – so Colombia must beat Peru if they do not want to see the pressure mount in their final three games.

Opponents Peru have caused Colombia a lot of trouble recently, losing only 1 of their last 4 encounters. But in this qualifying round, Blanquirroja are showing very poor form.

After missing out on the 2022 World Cup, Peru – who impressed when they returned to the tournament in Russia 2018 – have never had a chance to break into the top 6 this time, largely due to their poor away record.

Not only have they not won any away games, Peru have also failed to score any goals, with seven games without a goal and just one point to their name.

Coach Oscar Ibanez took over the team at the beginning of this year, but his task is becoming increasingly impossible as the upcoming schedule is very difficult.

Peru’s only hope is to reach the intercontinental play-offs, but they are five points behind Venezuela. Meanwhile, they have to visit Colombia and Uruguay, and host an in-form Ecuador. When they play Paraguay at home in September, they could be eliminated.

Latest Colombia vs Peru score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Colombia vs Peruas follows:

• Sportsmole:Colombia 1-0 Peru

• WhoScore:Colombia 2-0 Peru
• Our newspaper predicts:Colombia 1-0 Peru

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