Canada vs Peru - prediction, team news, lineups

In a rematch from the 2024 Copa America radical stage, Canada volition invited Peru to Saputo Stadium successful Montreal for a affable connected Saturday.

The Canucks began this planetary model with a 1-0 triumph implicit Chile past week, portion the Peruvians drew Mexico 1-1 connected Tuesday.

Match preview

Canada got disconnected to a affirmative commencement past week, keeping their chill and controlling astir of the lucifer against Chile going up aft conscionable 12 minutes.

Jesse Marsch’s men had 65% of possession and seldom looked exposed defensively, collecting their 2nd cleanable expanse successful their past 3 internationals.

This play they tin stay unbeaten successful friendlies this year, arsenic they question to triumph a 4th specified brushwood successful 2026.

In Canada this year, Les Rouges person lone suffered 1 defeat, falling 1-0 to Switzerland successful the radical signifier astatine past summer’s World Cup.

On the antiaircraft side, they person been airtight connected location soil, allowing a extremity oregon less successful each of those matches this year, portion collecting 5 cleanable sheets.

Canada are unbeaten successful their past 4 internationals against teams from South America and person not mislaid successful immoderate of those past 5 meetings versus that portion successful mean time.

Peru looked overmuch improved successful their Tuesday friendly, playing a sharper, much compact crippled against the Mexicans.

That volition beryllium euphony to the ears of Mano Menezes, who saw his squad drawback a two-match losing tally connected that juncture and concede conscionable once, which is six less than they had allowed successful their 2 friendlies combined earlier that.

On Saturday, the purpose volition beryllium to decision a CONCACAF hostile for conscionable the 2nd clip successful their past six meetings against that region, beating Haiti successful a affable earlier this year, 2-1.

Peru person failed to triumph their past 2 internationals erstwhile netting the opening goal, earning a gully successful some instances this year.

They volition anticipation to extremity a three-match winless tally connected Saturday successful North America, losing successful 2 of those instances.

Saturday volition people their 2nd ever sojourn to Canada, with Los Incas winning that erstwhile brushwood successful Toronto 2-0 successful 2010.

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Team News

The Canadians person a big of players missing for this window, including skipper Alphonso Davies, who is taking an extended honeymoon.

Also retired are Ismael Kone owed to a tibia fracture, portion Jeevan Badwal is recovering from a hamstring strain and Derek Cornelius has a dislocated hip.

Jonathan David netted his grounds 43rd extremity for the nationalist squad past weekend, portion Richie Laryea tin determination into a necktie for seventh successful all-time caps connected Saturday.

In Peru, Fabio Gruber is retired with a genu problem, Andre Carrillo has a musculus contented and Kenji Cabrera is recovering from ft surgery.

Against Mexico, we saw 4 caller faces successful the starting 11 who did not statesman their 4-1 affable decision against the USA, including Erick Noriega, Marco Huaman, Oslimg Mora and Adrian Ugarizza.

Jairo Velez had their lone onslaught connected Tuesday, which came conscionable a fewer minutes earlier the half-hour mark, his 5th for the nationalist team.

Canada imaginable starting lineup:

St. Clair; Sigur, Ivanisevic, De Fougerolles, Laryea; Buchanan, Eustaquio, Saliba, Millar; J. David, Oluwaseyi

Peru imaginable starting lineup:

Gallese; Sonne, Araujo, Noriega, Lopez; Cartagena, Concha; Margallanes, Valera, Soyer; Lapadula

We say: Canada 1-0 Peru

Without Davies, we mightiness not spot arsenic overmuch creativity from the Canadians, but connected location ungraded they should consciousness much than comfy handling a Peruvian broadside that deficiency equilibrium and bash not connection a ton going forward.

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