Brazil test themselves against debutants Peru

Brazil and Peru, who played the final of the last Copa America, will meet again on Thursday at the Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro in Group B of the oldest continental competition in the world.

It was Brazil who tasted victory on 7 July 2019 in the final. Everton ‘Cebolinha’, Gabriel Jesus and Richarlison was the scorers as the Seleção 9 won 3-1 at the legendary Maracana stadium.

On this occasion they meet in the group with Peru making their debut while Brazil will look to continue their strong start with the elegant, inventive Neymar hoping to pull the strings.

While current form and recent history suggests Brazil are the favourites, Peru have also enjoyed their recent successes against the Seleção. Peru eliminated Brazil from the 2016 CONMEBOL Copa América Centenario with a 1-0 win and a Raul Ruidiaz goal.

– Deatails –

• Stadium: Olí­mpico Nilton Santos (Rio de Janeiro)
• Kickoff: 21:00 local time – (00:00 GMT)
• Referee: Patricio Loustau (ARG)

– Match notes –

• Brazil and Peru meet again in a CONMEBOL Copa América after playing the 2019 final, which ended with victory for Canarinha (3-1). The Brazilians have lost only one of the last ten meetings to Peru in the competition (7 wins, 2 draws).
• Brazil are now seven games unbeaten in the CONMEBOL Copa América (5 wins, 2 draws), all of those matches were played on home soil in the 2019 edition and this year’s tournament. Their last loss was to Peru, who beat them 1-0 in 2016.
• Peru is the last team to beat Brazil in Brazil in the Copa América: the Incas beat them 3-1 in the 1975 semi-final. Since then, the Brazilians have gone 21 games without defeat at home (13 wins, 8 draws).
• Casemiro was the player who recovered the most possession on the first day of the CONMEBOL Copa America (15, 3 more than Juan Cuadrado, his closest challenger). Neymar was the player who completed the most dribbles at the start of the competition (6).
• Ricardo Gareca will lead Peru in their fourth CONMEBOL Copa America: he is the Rojiblanca coach who has overseen the most matches in the competition (16).

Datos: OPTA