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Colombia vs Uruguay Prediction & Betting tips
Matchday 3 and 4 are in the South American qualification for the 2022 World Cup, with a sonorous duel on Friday evening.
In Barranquilla, the Colombian national team welcomes Uruguay to a hot dance – we expect a hard-fought game between two teams that should meet at eye level.
In the run-up to the encounter between Colombia and Uruguay, the bookmakers’ odds also speak for a close game, with the home side being slightly favored. If this succeeds, it would be the second in a row for the cafeteros, which have already successfully played their opening game against Venezuela in Barranquilla.
Uruguay are aiming for at least one point in their second visit in a row after having suffered a surprising defeat in the away game in Ecuador.
Colombia :
The Colombians will certainly be satisfied with their start in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. At the start of the South America qualification, there was an undisputed 3-0 victory in the home game against Venezuela, where the win was already in the bag at the break, as the cafeteros went 3-0 into the dressing room. All three goals were scored by Atalanta Bergamos, the attacking duo Luis Muriel (two goals) and Duvan Zapata were responsible for the goals.
In the second game there was only a 2-2 draw in Chile, but Colombia can live with that very well, after all, the equalizer was only scored in stoppage time by substitute Falcao. Arturo Vidal and Alexis Sanchez had previously turned the Colombian leadership.
The draw represents a point win before the upcoming second home game against Uruguay, which will certainly be a lot more difficult than the opening duel with Venezuela.
The Colombians have been strong at home recently, have won seven games and lost only one of their last ten home games (balance: 7/2/1, goal difference 18: 7). That is also a reason that speaks for the home side. The tendency with the best betting providers is towards a close game, but with Colombia vs. Uruguay, the betting odds speak for the cafeteros anyway, which is understandable.
Even if the engine of the Colombians last stuttered a bit after the Copa America in summer 2019. At the Copa, they were unlucky enough to be eliminated on penalties against Chile in the quarter-finals. Since then, Colombia have played eight games (six of them friendlies), three of which were won, four draws and one defeat.
Uruguay :
In the meantime, Uruguay will not be completely satisfied with the start of the qualification. On the first day of the match they struggled to a 2-1 home win against Chile, which only came about in stoppage time with a goal from Maxi Gomez.
The game could very well have ended with a loss of points, but this only happened in the following game in Ecuador, where Uruguay surprisingly came under the wheels 2: 4. Here the Celeste were 0: 4 behind after 75 minutes, two late penalty goals from Luis Suarez made for a bit of cosmetic results, but only marginally masked the bitter clap after an indisputable (defensive) performance.
Uruguay is sixth with three points from two games, another bankruptcy in the difficult game in Colombia must be avoided as much as possible.
Coach Oscar Tabarez has a few worry lines in terms of personnel, as Maxi Gomez, Federico Valverde and Ronald Araujo are three players who were last seeded missing. But he can again rely on star striker Edinson Cavani, who was not included in the last nomination.
Meanwhile, Jose Maria Gimenez is back in central defense, he was still absent due to an injury in September – which was more than noticeable in the gossip in Ecuador.
This was the first bankruptcy of Celeste since the elimination on penalties against Peru at the Copa America 2019. Six games were unbeaten by Suarez and Co. until the Ecuador game. But the appearance and the final result mean that Uruguay is classified as an outsider by the bookmakers.
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