We said: Peru 1-0 Bolivia
Bolivia's away form goes a long way to explain why they are unfancied here, and their two results on the road suggest that the win in Chile was certainly a one off, and they could struggle again here.
Peru must take advantage of that, and under new management, there would be no better start for Ibanez than to claim a victory here that would close the gap on Bolivia to just three points.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Peru win with a probability of 76.71%. A draw had a probability of 16.7% and a win for Bolivia had a probability of 6.63%.
The most likely scoreline for a Peru win was 2-0 with a probability of 16.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (15.76%) and 3-0 (12.15%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (7.33%), while for a Bolivia win it was 0-1 (3.39%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 5.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Peru would win this match.