The Bicolor adds three games without defeats and without conceding goals at home; For its part, La Tri added four points in its last two outings and with an undefeated goal.
Peru cuts differences in qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, a path that strengthened after the 2-1 win over Ecuador, in Quito, for the eighth date of the pre-world championship, a rival to the one it receives this Tuesday, with numbers in your favor and with the possibility of adjusting the locations in the table.
After the triumph against the Tri (June 2021), Ricardo Gareca’s team added 16 points that They place him in fourth place in the tie, four units from today’s direct rival, Ecuador (24)., which also plays the option of securing a direct ticket to Qatar.
Before receiving the Ecuadorians, Peru won its last three home games (Venezuela, Chile and Bolivia), which is part of the longest streak of consecutive wins at home in the same tie, in addition to not conceding goals in these games.
For its part, Ecuador comes from a draw and a win, also without conceding goals, in their last two away games, after 0-0 in Colombia and 2-0 in Chile.
And “although they don’t play”, the statistics change in the last direct confrontations by eliminations, Peru has a string of four games won against Ecuador, the Bicolor’s longest winning streak against the Tri, dating back to June 2013.
drought of victories
Son eight years without victories for Ecuador against Peru in official competitions: Playoffs and Copa América (two draws), with only two friendly wins in this interval, one in Lima (2018) and one in New Jersey (2019).
For the pre-world Peru took away victories in Lima, by 1-0 for the 2014 World Cup and 2-1 for the 2018 appointment, and for the same result it was Peruvian victory in the return leg in Quito.
Road to Qatar the Bicolor took a 2-1 victory over Rodrigo Paz, last June.
tricolor visits
On a balance sheet, as a visitor Ecuador has played 22 games on Peruvian soil, with six wins, five draws and eleven losses, for a effectiveness of 34.84%.
By playoffs, the Tricolor has played fifteen matches against the Bicolor, with a favorable record of six wins and four draws. Peru won five times. Of these six Ecuadorian victories, three were in Quito, one in Guayaquil and two in Lima.
The first win was the remembered 2-1 on June 2, 2001, when with goals from Édison Méndez and Agustín Delgado la Tri came back from a game that left him at the gates of his first World Cup qualification.
The Ecuador’s last victory in Lima was on June 7, 2009, with goals from Jefferson Montero and Carlos Tenorio, a result that was not enough to reach South Africa 2010.
This February 1, Ecuador has the opportunity to return to the path of triumph against the Peruvians and the great option to seal the ticket to his fourth World Cup.
With 24 points in the table, those led by Gustavo Alfaro they can with a win secure a direct quota, although a tie does not leave the national team in a bad position, which would ensure at least the play-off, and still with two remaining dates of the South American pre-world championship. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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