Uruguay vs Colombia prediction: SOUTH AMERICA: Copa América – Play Offs betting tips on match 2024-07-10 00:00.
[p]Uruguay and Colombia are one game away from the Copa América final, which the former hasn’t reached since 2011 and the latter since 2001. After seeing off Brazil on penalties following a titanic quarter-final, Uruguay enter this clash on the back of three straight victories without conceding and have now gone eight competitive matches without losing (W7, D1).[/p]
[p]That run started with a 2-2 H2H draw in FIFA World Cup qualifying in October 2023, the third meeting between the countries in a row that was level after regulation time, including a 0-0 draw in the last edition of this competition, a game which La Celeste duly lost on penalties. All that suggests that this could be another tense fixture which goes the full distance, as three of the four quarter-finals here in the United States did.[/p]
[p]Colombia’s last-eight encounter was the only one that ended after 90 minutes as they breezed to a 5-0 win over Panama to extend their highly impressive unbeaten run to 27 internationals (W21, D6). There’s also been plenty of action during Los Cafeteros’ recent matches as six of their last seven have produced more than 2.5 goals, with the sole exception being their 1-1 group-stage draw against Brazil (W6, D1).[/p]
[p]Head coach Néstor Lorenzo says that the togetherness of his squad has proved vital in their progression to the last four and losing just one of the last five H2Hs (W1, D3) should also give Colombia some confidence. They are no strangers to the semi-finals either, having now made it that far in three of the last four Copa Américas, although they did crash out at this stage in the two prior.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Uruguay’s Darwin Núñez is among a cluster of players who have scored twice in this competition, with both those strikes being the second goal of the game. His Liverpool team-mate Luis Díaz has also struck twice during the tournament for Colombia, with his last three international goals arriving between the 30th minute and half-time in clean-sheet wins. [/p]
[p]Hot streak: Uruguay have received fewer than three yellow cards in all four of their 2024 Copa América games.[/p]