A Point Enough for Argentina Against Peru to Top the Group

Argentina vs Peru - 30/06/2024

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We have reached the final round of group matches at the 2024 Copa America and will soon know the teams who have progressed to the knockout stages.

The game between Argentina and Peru will be played on the 29th of June at the Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida.

Argentina are currently top of the group on 6 points and have booked their place in the next round but Peru are bottom on 1 point and need a win to have any chance of qualifying.

Argentina come into the match having beat Chile 1-0 in their most recent Group A game. It was a tight match and with the score 0-0 at halftime, it took an 88th minute goal for Argentina to win the game.

The victory over Chile means Argentina have won each of their last 7 fixtures in all competitions. They beat El Salvador, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Guatemala in friendly matches, Brazil in 2026 World Cup qualifying, and Canada 2-0 in the first round of group games at the Copa America.

Trends show Argentina have seen under 2.5 goals in 3 of their last 4 matches in all competitions and kept a clean sheet in all 3 of those games.

Argentina are undefeated in their last 10 Copa America matches and have kept a clean sheet in 4 of their last 5 fixtures in the tournament.

Peru travel to the Hard Rock Stadium having suffered a disappointing 1-0 defeat to Canada in their previous Copa America game.

Peru were reduced to 10 players in the 59th minute thanks to a red card and Canada took advantage of the extra man to score the winning goal in the 74th minute.

The defeat to Canada means Peru have won only 1 of their last 4 fixtures in all competitions. The victory came over El Salvador in a friendly and there have been draws against Paraguay in a friendly and Chile in the Copa America, the latter of which ended 0-0.

The stats show Peru are undefeated in 6 of their last 7 matches in all competitions. However, they have failed to score a goal in 3 of their last 4 games. In terms of the Copa America, Peru have lost 3 of their last 4 matches and have scored only 2 goals across those 4 games.

Team news and Argentina have everyone available for this match. Angel Di Maria and Lautaro Martinez will both be hoping to start having been on the bench against Chile.

Peru are without suspended defender Miguel Araujo following his red card against Canada. Anderson Santamaría is most likely to be his replacement in the centre of defence.

Argentina can relax coming into this match knowing they have booked their place in the quarterfinals. However, they will want to top the group but Peru will not make it easy.

Despite having a poor winning record at the Copa America, Peru can make life tough for teams but scoring goals is a problem and our prediction is for Argentina to win without conceding a goal.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

Weather conditions

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Score

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coef.

Ca

Argentina Peru 30/06/2024 02:00

523315

1

1 - 0

2.02

31°

1.50

1.50 4.10 7.00 no no no

FT

2 - 0(0 - 0)

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