Peru lost to Australia in a playoff decider via penalties, leaving the entire nation heartbroken. Since then they have played twice this season, winning one and losing the other.
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Peru will be keen to end their final set of fixtures in the calendar year on a high as they kickstart proceedings against Paraguay in a friendly. The Thursday morning encounter will see two sides that have failed to qualify for the Qatar World Cup take on each other. These two sides missed out on booking a ticket to Qatar in contrasting fashions. They have two matches left to be played this month and will hope to end them on a positive note.
| Peru vs Paraguay | Key details |
| Date | November 17 |
| Venue | Estadio Monumental “U” |
| Kickoff time in India | 6:30 am (Thursday) |
| Kickoff time in Peru | 8 pm (Wednesday) |
| Kickoff time in Paraguay | 10 pm (Wednesday) |
Peru lost to Australia in a playoff decider via penalties, leaving the entire nation heartbroken. Since then they have played twice this season, winning one and losing the other. They are heading into this contest on the back of registering a thumping 4-1 win over El Salvador. Meanwhile, Paraguay had a disappointing World Cup qualifying campaign and were never really in the hunt for booking a ticket to Qatar. However, Paraguay are unbeaten in their last three games, having won two of those fixtures.
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Both sides have two friendlies left to be played this month. With that their duty for this calendar year will come to an end. As a result, their manager might rotate the squads massively in both fixtures to give sufficient game time for all players and can use this as an opportunity to try out new tactics. Thereby, the full strength of their squad could be tested in these coming games.
Peru possible line-up: Gallese, Araujo, Abram, Callens, Lopez, Reyna, Cueva, Gonzales, Aquino, Iberico, Valera
Paraguay possible line-up: Silva, Piris, Balbuena, Gomez, Riveros, Villasanti, Ortiz, Galarza, Almiron, Gonzalez, Enciso
Peru
| Opponents | Score |
| El Salvador | 1-4 (W) |
| Mexico | 0-1 (L) |
| Australia | 0-0 (5-4 pens) (L) |
| New Zealand | 1-0 (W) |
| Paraguay | 2-0 (W) |
Paraguay
| Opponents | Score |
| Morocco | 0-0 |
| UAE | 1-0 (W) |
| Mexico | 0-1 (W) |
| South Korea | 2-2 |
| Japan | 4-1 (L) |
| Last 5 matches (all competitions) | Results |
| Peru beat Paraguay | 2-0 |
| Peru beat Paraguay | 4-3 |
| Paraguay draw Peru | 2-2 |
| Peru beat Paraguay | 1-0 |
| Peru beat Paraguay | 1-0 |
The international friendly match between Peru and Paraguay will take place at Estadio Monumental “U” on Thursday at 6:30 am IST.
The international friendly match between Peru and Paraguay can be seen on Latina Televisión in Peru; and Tigo Sports Paraguay in Paraguay.
