07:45 | Puerto La Cruz, Sep. 10 (ANDINA).
Peru and Venezuela will both be aiming to keep their hopes of reaching the FIFA World Cup alive when they meet in qualifying on Tuesday.
Cesar Farias' men sit sixth in the South American section, just three points behind Uruguay, who currently occupy the all-important fifth spot that will earn a play-off against either Jordan or Uzbekistan.
Meanwhile, Peru travel to Puerto La Cruz just two points behind Venezuela, although their chances of finishing fifth took a severe blow when a Luis Suarez double condemned them to a 2-1 home defeat to Uruguay on Friday.
Sergio Markarian's side have now lost their last two qualifiers, but will be buoyed by the fact they came from behind to beat Venezuela 2-1 in the reverse fixture in Lima last September, Goal.com reported.
Venezuela go into the match in desperate need of a positive result to snap their sequence of four CONMEBOL qualification fixtures without a win.
They were beaten 3-0 by an in-form Chile in Santiago on Friday, and slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Uruguay in their previous home qualifier in June.
Jose Rondon is Venezuela's top scorer with four goals in qualifying so far, and Farias will again look to the Rubin Kazan forward for inspiration as he seeks to guide his country to their first ever World Cup finals.
Recent history favours Peru, though, as they have won three of the last four meetings between the countries.
However, Venezuela came out on top when they last hosted Peru in World Cup qualification in September 2009, when Nicolas Fedor struck twice in a 3-1 win.
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Published: 9/10/2013