Colombia vs Bolivia prediction: SOUTH AMERICA: World Championship – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-09-04 23:30.
[p]It’s crunch time in Barranquilla, where Colombia host Bolivia for CONMEBOL qualifying with FIFA World Cup qualification on the line for both nations on the penultimate matchday. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Despite being without a win in their last six successive outings (D3, L3) – all FIFA World Cup qualifiers – excitement is building for Los Cafeteros who will know that grinding out a win here will see them secure a top-six spot and automatic qualification for football’s biggest competition. They are almost over the line, but they’ll hope that their longest winless streak since early 2022 doesn’t thwart their ambitions again after they painfully missed out on the inter-confederation play-offs for the 2022 edition in Qatar by a single point.[/p]
[p]The stakes are just as enormous for Bolivia, who sat in eighth spot heading into the matchday and were just one point shy of Venezuela in the play-off position. They recently had their hopes reignited by a 2-0 victory over Chile in their most recent outing, which was their first win in their last seven World Cup qualifiers (D2, L4). Nothing less than a win – either here or on the final matchday against South American giants Brazil – will allow them the chance to compete at their first World Cup since USA 1994, whilst only consecutive triumphs will maintain any chance of automatic qualification. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Bolivia won the reverse fixture 1-0 but that was their only triumph from the last 12 H2Hs (D2, L9) dating back to 2003![/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Colombia have lost just one of their last nine home games (W5, D3). [/p]
[p]Los Cafeteros could register four consecutive draws for the first time since 2003. [/p]
[p]Bolivia have participated in a goalless draw in World Cup qualifying only once since 2017. [/p]
[p]Each of Bolivia’s last five World Cup qualifying defeats have seen them concede first-half goals – a whopping ten in total![/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Colombia’s Luis DĂaz was the top scorer of this qualification cycle (seven goals) heading into the matchday and has made a flying start to life at Bayern Munich, making five goal contributions (G3, A2) from his four competitive games. Twenty-one-year-old Bolivian Miguelito is just one behind DĂaz with six, which is as many as Argentina superstar Lionel Messi has so far![/p]
[p]Colombia will be without key duo Daniel Muñoz and Kevin Castaño who are both suspended, whilst Bolivia arrive in good shape for the contest. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Expect Colombia to win and secure qualification, whilst we also recommend backing Luis DĂaz to score. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Luke Bridle[/i][/p]