Comments and predictions for Venezuela vs Peru: Away team makes a comeback

Latest Venezuela vs Peru team information

From the 12th round to the 13th round, only three Venezuelan players kept their place in the starting lineup, including goalkeeper Rafael Romo, Telasco Segovia and veteran striker Salomon Rondon.

Jesus Bueno made his first appearance for the national team in the defeat to Ecuador, while Renne Rivas and Delvin Alfonzo are both hoping to make their first appearances for Venezuela on Tuesday.

Jhonder Cadiz scored a consolation goal for La Vinotinto in second-half stoppage time last week – his second for the team, while Josef Martinez, who was not in the squad for the last game, will move past Ruberth Moran into fourth place on the team’s all-time scoring list if he scores again.

On the Peru side, the team made six changes to the starting lineup in the 13th matchday, including Renzo Garces, Luis Abram, Miguel Trauco, Andre Carrillo, Renato Tapia and Bryan Reyna.

Three Peru players, Kenji Cabrera, Catriel Cabellos and Diego Enriquez, are all looking to make their first appearances for the team next Tuesday.

Andy Polo opened the scoring for Peru against Bolivia, while two veteran names – the greatest striker in history Paolo Guerrero and Edison Flores – also scored in that match.

Latest expected lineup Venezuela vs Peru

Venezuela:
Romo; Gonzalez, Mejias, Ferraresi, Makoun; Vargas, Rincon, Segovia, Savarino; Rondon, Josef Martinez

Peru:
Gallese; Advincula, Garces, Abram, Trauco; Aquino, Tapia, Carrillo; Polo, Flores; Guerrero

Latest football commentary Venezuela vs Peru

After an impressive Copa America campaign last summer, where they reached the quarter-finals, Venezuela have hit a slump with an eight-match winless streak in all competitions.

Under coach Fernando Batista, they have picked up just three points from their last seven qualifying matches, and have lost their last two by a combined score of 3-7.

Despite this, Venezuela have remained unbeaten at home in qualifying, taking 10 of their 12 points at home. In their last two home games, they have drawn both Argentina and Brazil 1-1.

Before the 14th matchday, Venezuela was seven points behind Colombia in the race for a direct place in the 2026 World Cup finals, but only one point behind Bolivia in the intercontinental play-off position.

They picked up four points from behind in qualifying, but also dropped six despite scoring the opening goal – otherwise they would be just one point behind Colombia in the race for the title.

It has been nearly 12 years since Venezuela last beat Peru at home – a 3-2 win in a 2013 World Cup qualifier.

On the other side, Peru finally got their first win in this year's World Cup qualifiers, helping them return to the race for a play-off ticket.

After 13 matches, Peru are on 10 points – just three behind Bolivia in the race for seventh place, with five matches remaining in the qualifiers.

Coach Oscar Ibanez had his first win as national team manager last Thursday, in his official debut after winning the Copa Sudamericana as a player.

Before that, Peru went through three consecutive qualifying matches without a win and without scoring a single goal.

As of now, La Bicolor have yet to win away from home in the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign, and have not even scored a goal away from home.

However, they have a good head-to-head record against Venezuela, unbeaten in their last eight encounters in all competitions, including a 2-1 win in Caracas in November 2021.

Latest Venezuela 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.Venezuela vs Peruas follows:

• Sportsmole:Venezuela 1-2 Peru

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

When and where to watch Venezuela vs Peru live?

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