The 4th round of qualifying will be held on Tuesday the 17th. Here are what the stats say for the 5 games:
Colombia – Argentina
Have met 14 times.
Colombia won 3, Argentina 8 with 3 draws.
Colombia at home in qualifying have gone 7 without losing. The last defeat was on November 15, 2011 against Argentina 2-1 (Dorlan Pabon – Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero).
As the away team, Argentina alternated the three possible outcomes in their most recent presentations: Paraguay 5-2 (September 10, 2013), Uruguay 2-3 (October 15, 2013) and Paraguay 0-0 last October 13.
Colombia at home against Argentina
7 matches with Argentina getting 4 victories.
Argentina has an average of almost two goals per game against Colombia.
Only in two matches Colombia couldn’t score a goal. It was February 12, 1997, when Argentina won 1-0 with a goal from Claudio Lopez. In that game Mauricio Serna saved a penalty kick.
First match: Colombia 1 – Argentina 3 (Mexico-1986).
Last match: Colombia 1 – Argentina 2 (Brazil-2014).
Venezuela – Ecuador
Have clashed 12 times with Ecuador winning 6, Venezuela 4 and 2 draws.
Ecuador won 6, drew 2 4 and Venezuela.
At home Venezuela is on a two game winless streak (1-1 against Paraguay in 2013 and against Paraguay 0-1 on October 8).
For its part, Ecuador as visitors won their last against Argentina after 9 games without a win.
Venezuela home against Ecuador
Have played 6 times with 3 wins for Venezuela, 2 draws and 1 win for Ecuador.
In all matches both teams scored at least one goal.
In five of the six games, Ecuador only scored one goal. The last time they scored more was on November 15, 2000 when they won 2-1 (Juan Arango – Ivan Kaviedes, Wellington Sanchez).
First match: Venezuela 2 – Ecuador 1 (United States-1994).
Last match: Venezuela 1 – Ecuador 1 (Brazil-2014).
Paraguay – Bolivia
Have met 16 times.
Paraguay won 9, Bolivia 4 with 3 draws.
In their last 5 home matches, Paraguay could only win one and it was against Bolivia on September 6, 2013: 4-0 (Jonathan Fabbro, Roque Santa Cruz, Richard Ortiz, Gustavo Gomez).
As a visitor in qualifying, Bolivia will try to end a 47 match winless streak. Their last win was on July 18, 1993 against Venezuela 7-1.
Paraguay at home against Bolivia
Paraguay has won all 8 matches.
In only 3 of those matches was Bolivia able to score a goal.
Biggest win: There were 3 with a four goal difference:
Paraguay 4 (Jorge Insfrán, Pedro Bareiro, Juvencio Osorio, Saturnino Arrúa) – Bolivia 0 on September 30, 1973.
Paraguay 5 (Carlos Paredes, José Cardozo 2, José Luis Chilavert, Roque Santa Cruz) – Bolivia 1 on September 4, 2001.
The aforementioned 4-0 win in 2013.
First match: Paraguay 2 – Bolivia 0 (England-1966).
Last match: Paraguay 4 – Bolivia 0 (Brazil-2014).
Uruguay – Chile
14 matches with Uruguay winning 7 of those.
At home Uruguay has gone 11 without losing (6-5-0). The last time was on October 14, 2009 against Argentina 1-0 (Mario Bolati). With that score, Uruguay went up against Costa Rica in a playoff and won to qualify for South Africa-2010.
Chile has a 3 game winning streak away with two wins (Paraguay 2-1 and Peru 4-3) and a draw (Colombia 3-3).
Uruguay at home against Chile
7 matches with Uruguay winning 6 of those.
The only time that Chile did not win was on November 18, 2007 in a 2-2 draw (Luis Suarez, Sebastian Abreu – Marcelo Salas 2).
Biggest win: Uruguay 4 (Luis Suárez 4) – Chile 0 el 11 de noviembre de 2011.
First match: Uruguay 2 – Chile 0 (Mexico-1970).
Last match: Uruguay 4 – Chile 0 (Brazil-2014).
Brazil – Peru
Have met 9 times with Brazil winning 5. The rest were draws.
Brazil is unbeaten in 46 home games played in qualifying. Of those they have won 35 and drawn 11.
Peru as visitor have 5 consecutive defeats and 24 without a win. The last time was on June 1, 2004 against Uruguay in Montevideo 3-1 (Diego Forlan – Nolberto Solano, Claudio Pizarro, Jefferson Farfan).
Brazil home against Peru
5 matches with 4 wins for Brazil and 1 draw.
The only time that Peru did not lose was on April 25, 2001 in a 1-1 draw (Romario – Juan Pajuelo).
Biggest win: Brazil 3 (Luis Fabiano 2, Felipe Melo) – Peru 0 on April 1, 2009.
First match: Brazil 1 – Peru 0 (Sweden-1958).
Last match: Brazil 3 – Peru 0 (South Africa-2010).
From : Conmebol.com
