Colombia vs Australia Prediction & Betting Tips (19 November)

Colombia faces another selection from Oceania a few days after having difficultly defeated New Zealand 2-1. An 8th match in a row without defeat for the Cafeteros, qualified in style for the 2026 World Cup by ranking ahead of the Brazilian giant. They began playing friendlies last month, crushing Mexico 0-4 before being held to a draw by Canada 0-0. Better in recent years, Colombia is an outgoing finalist of the Copa America.

 Beaten last month by the United States 2-1, Australia has just suffered another defeat in a friendly, against Venezuela 1-0. The Socceroos see poor form set in and end a year which was excellent until these missteps. They qualified solidly for the World Cup, thanks to a series of 4 successes at the end of the campaign, and followed up with the same result during friendly matches played against New Zealand 1-0, 1-3 and Canada 0-1. 

The Cafeteros are negotiating this meeting with their offensive stars James Rodriguez (Leon, 30 goals in 131 caps) and Luis Diaz (Bayern Munich, 69 selections, 20 goals) but without star striker Jhon Duran (Fenerbahçe, 17 selections, 3 goals) who has not been called up since this summer. The first two mentioned were the great architects of qualification for the World Cup, each being involved in 10 goals. Scorer at the very end of the match against New Zealand, Carbonero (Internacional) has just scored his second goal in his 2nd appearance with the Colombia jersey on his back. Also included in the group are Y. Mina (Cagliari, 52 caps), D. Sanchez (Galatasaray, 74 caps), Lerma (Crystal Palace, 61 caps) and Arias (Wolverhampton, 34 caps).

 On the other side, the defenders Bos (Feyenoord, 23 sel) and Circati (Parma, 9 sel), the midfielder Hrustic (Heracles Almelo, 34 caps) and the attackers Duke (Machida Zelvia, 50 sel, 13 goals) and Arzani (Ferencvaros, 11 sel, 1 goal) are not renewed compared to the previous gathering. Goalkeeper Ryan, who passed through Lens, number 1 in the position, is present but was placed on the bench in the last match. Goodwin (Adelaide United, 32 caps) and St. Pauli (79 caps) were valuable in the race to qualify for the World Cup by scoring 3 goals each in the qualifiers.