Australia has constantly taken part in the World Cup since 2006. Now the national team comprises players not only from the Australian competition but half of them perform in Europe, in quite serious leagues. Of course, there have become fewer international stars in recent years, but the team is still the strongest in its region.
Peru got into the playoffs with great difficulty, largely because of the weak form of Chile and Colombia, which missed Peru to fifth place in the qualifying group. The national team has rarely got to the World Cup in recent years (only once since 1986). Quite many international players from European competition perform for the national team, but Peru still has no bright players.
Many consider the South Americans the favorites in this meeting, but we would not dismiss Australia, as they are not much inferior to their opponents in terms of the squad. Moreover, Peru has an extremely low conversion of chances, so the game can go to a penalty shootout.
Our prediction: Australia double chance in normal time. We recommend the “1X” bet, odds 2.06
