ARGENTINA AND PERUThey will play tonight from 10 p.m. (Buenos Aires time) for the third date of Group A of the America Cup.
The match will be played in Miami with the arbitration of the Mexican Cesar Ramoswhile Guillermo Pacheco will be in charge of the VAR. Below are ten facts from the tournament preview.
1 – Argentina and Peru will meet 18 times in the oldest national team championship in the world. The first time they faced each other was in 1927.when the competition was still called the South American Championship and the last occasion was in 2007, in the Copa América held in Venezuela.
2 – The Albiceleste dominates the history with 12 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. The last 3 matches were in the quarterfinal phase.
3 – The 2 recent duels were Argentine triumphs and with the fence undefeated: 1-0 (Carlos Tévez) in Peru 2004 and 4-0 (Juan Román Riquelme x2, Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano) in Venezuela 2007. La Bicolor won the Bolivia 1997 match: 2-1 (Eddy Carazas and Martín Hidalgo; Marcelo Gallardo).
4 – In the general history they played 54 times, of which 35 were victories for Argentina, 5 for Peru and 14 draws. The Celestial and White has gone 16 games without losing to Peruwith 12 wins and 4 draws. The Inca team has not beaten Argentina since the 1997 Copa América in Bolivia.
5 – Upon confirming the absence of Lionel MessiTo close the group stage, we review how the Argentine team has fared without him (64 games without the world star): 39 wins, 13 draws and 12 losses, with an effectiveness rate of 67.7%.
6 – Argentina maintains perfect score in Group A of the United States 2024 and became the first to qualify for the quarterfinals (his 3 goals came in the second half). The Albiceleste won its last 3 Copa América games with an undefeated record, a streak it had not achieved since 2007 (1-0 vs. Paraguay, 4-0 vs. Peru and 3-0 vs. Mexico).
7 – La Albiceleste has not closed a group stage with 100% of the points since the 2016 Centenario Cup (group shared with Chile, Panama and Bolivia).
8 – Lautaro Martínez scored in each of Argentina’s matches in this editionboth after coming on in the second half (2 goals after 35 minutes). The forward has a 40% shooting effectiveness. The “Toro” has 7 goals in 12 appearances in the history of the Copa América.
9 – Peru has gone 5 games without a win in the Copa America with 2 draws and 3 falls (scored in 1 of the last 4 matches in the tournament: 3-2 vs. Colombia in 2021).
10 – For the first time in 34 Copa América participations, the Incas did not score goals in their first 2 games.
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