Peru beat Venezuela 1-0. The winner had to work for it: 1 from 13 shots. Venezuela played with ten from minute 38. Best on the pitch was Christian Cueva, rated 7.9.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — CONMEBOL
   PER 4-2-3-1·4-2-3-1 VEN
   Coach: R. Gareca · L. GonzálezReferee: L. Quiroz📍 Estadio Nacional de Lima
2. 1. First half
   2. 28'
      VEN
      Yellow card
      T. Rincon
   3. 35'
      

      PER
      GOOOAL!Christian Cueva
   4. 38'
      VEN
      Yellow card
      T. Rincon
   5. 38'
      VEN
      Red card
      T. Rincon
   6. 42'
      VEN
      Substitution
      ▲José Martínez▼Jhon Murillo
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      VEN
      Substitution
      ▲Jhon Chancellor▼Mikel Villanueva
   3. 61'
      

      PER
      Substitution
      ▲R. García▼Edison Flores
   4. 62'
      

      PER
      Substitution
      ▲C. Gonzales▼Yoshimar Yotún
   5. 69'
      VEN
      Substitution
      ▲Rómulo Otero▼Yeferson Soteldo
   6. 74'
      

      PER
      Substitution
      ▲Paolo Guerrero▼Gianluca Lapadula
   7. 75'
      

      PER
      Substitution
      ▲Raúl Ruidíaz▼Christian Cueva
   8. 77'
      

      PER
      Yellow card
      C. Gonzales
   9. 83'
      VEN
      Substitution
      ▲Edson Castillo▼J. Moreno
   10. 83'
       VEN
       Substitution
       ▲Eduard Bello▼J. Savarino
   11. 84'
       

       PER
       Yellow card
       Paolo Guerrero
   12. 85'
       

       PER
       Substitution
       ▲Wilder Cartagena▼Renato Tapia
   13. 90+4'
       VEN
       Yellow card
       N. Ferraresi