Argentina vs Colombia prediction: SOUTH AMERICA: World Championship – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-06-10 00:00.
[p]Despite having three 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers left to play, Argentina have not only secured their place at the finals, but have already won the South American section. Lionel Scaloni’s men sealed top spot with a 1-0 win over Chile on Thursday and are now gunning for a fifth successive victory, with three of their previous four triumphs also accompanied by a clean sheet.[/p]
[p]Argentina are also on a four-game winning streak on home soil, conceding just once in the process. Whilst their remaining qualifiers represent a good opportunity for Scaloni to experiment, he ought not take next opponents Colombia lightly as they were responsible for one of Argentina’s three defeats in this CONMEBOL campaign. Indeed, La Albiceleste have won just one of the last seven H2Hs in normal time, with only one of those games being settled by a 2+ goal margin.[/p]
[p]Colombia are fighting desperately to reach next summer’s tournament and occupied the sixth and final automatic qualifying spot going into matchday 16, sitting three points above Venezuela. One reason for their distinctly middling points tally of 21 has been their six draws – a joint-high figure in the group ahead of the upcoming fixtures – with the most painful of those seeing them squander a 2-0 lead against Paraguay in March.[/p]
[p]The visitors are without a victory in five games (D2, L3) after drawing 0-0 with Peru on Friday, and another failure to claim victory would see them register their longest drought since enduring nine internationals without a win in 2008! Los Cafeteros do at least have the third-strongest attack (18 goals) in the group after matchday 15 and have netted exactly twice in three of their last six meetings with their upcoming opponents, which should offer their Argentine head coach Néstor Lorenzo some hope. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Julián Alvarez scored Argentina’s winner in Chile last week, with five of his last eight goals for club and country having come inside the opening 25 minutes. Colombia’s Luis DĂaz will be itching to return to action after his suspension against Peru, with seven of his last eight goals for Liverpool and internationally having arrived before half-time. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Argentina’s last seven opponents all picked up the first yellow card of the game. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]