Review Of Peru's 2026 World Cup Qualification Vs Argentina: La Albicelestes Not Yet Dinodai

JAKARTA The Argentine national team will play an away match against Peru. The fight between the two teams is a continuation of the 2026 World Cup Qualification for the South American zone (CONMEBOL).

Clashes between the two teams will take place at the Lima National Stadium, Peru, Wednesday, October 18 at 09.00 WIB tomorrow. Argentina is present as a very affected visitors in qualifying.

Lionel Scaloni's men are currently top of the qualifying standings after winning all of the three matches they have played. They collected nine points, trailing Brazil in second place with a gap of two points.

Therefore, it is certain that they will try to achieve a fourth straight victory to strengthen their current position. Hunting for the three points doesn't seem so difficult for La Albicelestes.

The reason is, their potential opponent Peru is still having difficulties in the qualifying round so far. They are recorded as only one point from three matches so they have to sit in ninth position.

Juan Reynoso's side opened the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign with a goalless draw against Paraguay last month. They then lost their last two games against Brazil and Cili.

In addition, La Rojiblanca has never beaten Argentina in any competition since June 1997. Although two of their last four meetings ended in a draw, Peru clearly has a big task tomorrow morning.

Peru reached the fifth round of the World Cup with their best performances in this competition taking place in 1970 and 1978. On these two occasions they successfully reached the quarter-finals.

The Red White competed in the 2018 World Cup, but was immediately eliminated in the group stage. Meanwhile, last year they did not qualify for this quadrennial competition which took place in Qatar.

On the other hand, Argentina has not lost since winning the World Cup final against France in December. Since then, they have recorded seven consecutive wins this year, four of which are friendly matches.

Argentina opened their qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over Ecuador. They then recorded a 3-0 win over Bolivia in the second match, before beating Paraguay 1-0.

Formation Estimated

Peru (4-2-3-1): Gallese; Corzo, Zambrano, Abram, Trauco; Aquino, Yotun; Advincula, Carrillo, Polo; Gu Economy

Argentina (4-3-3): Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Lautaro Martinez, Alvarez