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Brazil Face Key Copa America Clash Against Peru

The beautiful game has provided us with a series of memorable moments on the international stage throughout the course of the summer so far, which is great, because many fans seemed to believe that we’d struggle without a World Cup or European Championship to focus on. Alas, the Copa America and Women’s World Cup have both been serving up the goods as of late, with the Copa America arguably having the most attention of them all. With that in mind, we’re going to take a look at a particularly important game that is set to take place this weekend between hosts Brazil and Peru.

Brazil kicked off their campaign with a really nice win over Bolivia, but in truth, it’s all been a little bit negative ever since then. They couldn’t quite get themselves over the finish line against Venezuela, meaning that their future in the tournament that they’re hosting isn’t a certainty. Gabriel Jesus is being tipped to start this game for Brazil after a few appearances off of the bench, whereas there are some question marks regarding who will start between Arthur and Fernandinho.

Peru have had a reverse series of fortunes in the Copa America so far, to the point where if they’d scored just a few more goals against Bolivia, it would’ve been Brazil themselves who would be in trouble heading into the final set of group stage fixtures. They had a 0-0 draw against Venezuela in their first outing which was considered to be a bit of a disappointment, before they managed to defeat Bolivia 3-1. Anything other than a win in this game will leave them pretty vulnerable, as a Venezuela victory over Bolivia would ensure they leapfrog them into 2nd.

Peru vs Brazil Betting Prediction

Peru have a few match winners within their ranks, but they just don’t seem to possess the same kind of natural quality (and momentum) that they had in the lead up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. They need to push the Brazilians from the word go in order to really stand a chance of getting something out of the game, especially when you consider how poor Brazil were against Venezuela. Alas, even if they can do that, we simply cannot picture a scenario in which they break through and get the goal. On the opposite end of the spectrum, a late Brazil winner to send them through seems entirely plausible.