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After two round the Peruvians have no chance to reach the round of 16 of the World Cup in Russia. On the other hand the Australians have far stronger motive to win this match of the third round, who besides victory over Peru needs that France wins Denmark. The 2nd-placed Danes have three points more at the moment and a bit better goal difference than Australia, so in the end this segment could very easily decide about the second place in the in the Group C. Let’s add that this will be the first match between Australia and Peru in history.

Australia

Unlike the Peruvians, Australia is still in the race for reaching the round of 16 in Russia thanks to draw with Denmark 1-1 played in the second round, but the problem is that the Australians are not in control over their own destiny. True, the other match of the third round in the Group C will be played at the same time, in which Australia needs Denmark to lose to France, meaning there is no room for calculations. Therefore, Australian manager van Marwijk has stated that his team will try to do its part of the job in the best possible way, meaning Australia will start offensively from the first minute with an objective to win already written-off Peru.

Still, we need to have in mind that the Australians scored both their goals in Russia from penalties, or more precisely their team captain Jedinak has done it, although against the French it didn’t bring them anything more than minimal defeat of 2-1, while in the second round against Denmark they did a bit better since the match ended as draw 1-1. Right because of that one point the Australians are still in the race for the second place that leads to the knockout phase, although even if they win Peru and Denmark losses to the French the goal difference would have the last word which is why they have to try to score as many as possible goals in this match of the third round, which will skip just injured forward Nabbout.

Probable lineups Australia: Ryan – Risdon, Milligan, Sainsbury, Behich – Jedinak, Mooy – Leckie, Rogic, Kruse – Juric

Peru

Regarding Peru national team, we have said in the introduction that after defeats in first two rounds they have absolutely no chance to reach the knockout phase and will play only for prestige against Australia, where their main objective will probably be to score at least one goal at the 2018 World Cup. We need to stress that the South American team enjoys huge support in Russia, and from that side there shouldn’t lack motive to play a good match with Australia, especially as in first two rounds they were unluckily left without any points from matches with Denmark and France.

We need to single out match with the Danes when Peru missed to score from penalty when the result was 0-0, or more precisely midfielder Cueva had missed the entire goal frame. The punishment came a bit later when Denmark scored for the final 1-0. After that Peru played bravely against the favoured French as it needed just one point to stay in the race for knockout phase but it lost too by 1-0, which saddened their numerous fans in Russia. Still, manager Gareca has stated that his team will try to have a dignified farewell from the World Cup with an offensive tactic against Australia. Regarding the players, midfielder Tapie is the only questionable due to minor injury.

Probable lineups Peru: Gallese – Advincula, Ramos, Rodriguez, Trauco – Aquino, Yotun – Carrillo, Cueva, Farfan – Guerrero

Verdict:

Regardless that the match is far more important for the Australians, who still have chance to reach the knockout phase if they win, we are also certain that combative Peruvians will give their best in order to have honourable goodbye from Russia, which is why we have opted here for a pick with goals on both sides of the pitch.

Pick: both teams to score 1.87 - 87/100 @1XBet