Ecuador takes on the visitors Peru at “Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa” in the round 16 of the South America’s Preliminary Competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The match will be played in Quito on Wednesday, September 6th.
Recently the Ecuadorians showed successful play in friendly clashes, continuing regularly to lose regularly the qualification battles. On the 1st of September Ecuador was beaten 0:2 on the road by Brazil. For the Ecuadorians it was the fourth failure in last five qualification encounters and the third one in a row. As a result, the side sits on the eighth place in the table with 20 points taken and 23-22 goal difference, having lost nearly all chances for promotion to the Mundial.
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The Peruvians come up to the fight with five-match undefeated streak, having won four recent games with 8:3 aggregated score. On the 1st of September the team has broken Bolivia with 2:1 scoreline in front of its fans and at the moment it sits on the sixth position in the standings with 21 points earned and 24-24 goal difference after 15 encounters. Within the current qualification cycle Peru conducted seven clashes at away fields resulting in seven points taken, 10 goals for and 11 goals against.
Peru has not been defeated by Ecuador in last three head-to-heads, having gained two victories and a draw in them. The upcoming battle is extremely important for the both rivals in terms of their chances for promotion to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. I believe that even if the Peruvians fail to pick up points on the road, they won’t be thrashed for sure as at the moment they are likely to be a little bit more consistent comparing to the Ecuadorians.
Prediction for the match: Peru to win with +1.0 Asian handicap.
