Peru vs Denmark – Lineups, Predictions & Stats Preview 16 June 2018

Peru Probable Lineups and Stats

The Group C qualifying matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will take place between 16th June and 26th June. Apart from the Peru-Denmark probable match other probable Lineups and stats for the South American country include France-Peru which will be played on 21st June at 8 pm YEKT at the Central Stadium in Yekaterinburg. The other pairing is Australia-Peru which will be held on 26th June at 5 pm MSK at the First Olympic Stadium in Sochi. The country has been placed in pot 2 of the group, and its draw position is C3.

As of October 2017, FIFA had placed Peru in 10th position in their official ranking. The South American country falls under the CONMEBOL football federation which is the South American Football Confederation. The football body governs all the South American countries. Peru was the OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners. The country’s final qualification match was held on 15th November 2017. CONMEBOL has ten member associations, and its qualifying matches are one of the hardest in the world. Members of the organisation have also won the world cup severally.

Peru were placed 5th in their last final appearance. The last time the South American country participated in the FIFA World Cup was in 1982. Before this, their best appearance in the world football tournament was in 1970 where they made it up to the quarterfinals. In 1978, Peru also participated in the World Cup; however, they went home quite early as they could only make it to the second round.

Peru v Denmark- Head to Head

Peru and Denmark will play against each other on 16th June at 7 pm MSK at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk. Both of these teams are very strong regarding their football skills and stamina. However, Peru had taken a long hiatus from the FIFA World Cup games and the last time they appeared in the tournament was in 1982 World Cup which was held in Spain. During the match, Peru was placed in the same group with Cameroon, Poland, and Italy. However, Peru and Cameroon didn’t qualify to continue playing in the games. Denmark was not present during the world football tournament.

Before the 1982 World Cup, Peru had qualified for the Quarter Finals round during the 1970 World Cup held in Mexico. Denmark was not present during that world cup, and Peru was placed in Group 4 alongside Bulgaria, Morocco and West Germany. Peru and West Germany managed to qualify to proceed in the tournament. However, they were knocked out of the quarterfinals stage by Brazil. The South American country also made it to the second round of the 1978 World Cup which was held in Argentina. Denmark didn’t participate in these games, and they emerged as the runners-up. Peru managed to push the Netherlands into the second position. However, Peru lost to Argentina, and they went home but Denmark beat Italy, and they made it the finals.

Interesting Facts and Information

• Denmark haven’t lost in their last 4 games.
• Peru haven’t lost in their last 15 games.
• Denmark have kept a clean sheet in 4 games in a row.
• Peru have kept a clean sheet in 3 games in a row.
• Peru wins 1st half in 36% of their games, Denmark in 33% of their games.
• Peru wins 36% of halftimes, Denmark wins 33%.
• Peru’s recent performance is better than Denmark’s.
• In World Cup, Denmark has better performance than Peru.
• Peru scores 1.8 goals when playing at home and Denmark scores 2 goals when playing away (in average).
• When Peru leads 1-0 at home, they win in 100% of their games.
• When Denmark leads 0-1 away, they win in 100% of their games.
• When Peru is down 0-1 home, they win 0% of their games.
• When Denmark is down 1-0 away, they win 66% of their games.
• Both teams didn’t concede on their last game.