Argentina inspired by the Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi displayed yet another wonderful performance in the quarterfinals, and are set to take on Colombia as they look to go a step closer to the title. The match schedules on Wednesday morning at Mane Garrincha with kickoff at 04:00.
Despite opening their Copa America campaign with a 1-1 draw with Chile Argentina found a way to build on the draw to win all their three remaining matches finishing on top of the group with 10 points and seven goals conceding only two.
Lionel Scaloni’s side advanced to the semis following their thrilling 3-0 win over Ecuador in the quarters. As mentioned earlier Argentina were incredible in that match as Rodrigo De Paul put them ahead before late goals from Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martinez sealed their 3-0 win.
Argentina are the favorites to win the second semifinals as they head into the match with an 18-match unbeaten run and a four-match winning streak coming from this tournament. Also, the team is in a good spirit with high expectations of progressing to the final.
Colombia on the other hand stepped up against Uruguay as they managed to hold the match favorites to a goalless draw after extra time with the tie ending 2-4 in a penalty shoutout in favor of Colombia.
It’s the beauty of football that Colombia are in the semis because they have had a somewhat underwhelming campaign as they have only recorded two wins this far. They were heavily fancied after their opening 1-0 win over Ecuador but then followed a series of disappointments as they went ahead and drew 0-0 with Venezuela before suffering 2-1 defeats from Peru and Brazil which saw them finish in the third spot in the group stage.
Although Colombia seems to be the underdogs in this fixture, we should not be eager to rule them out since we all know what they are capable of. Their win over Uruguay, although through penalties and their 2-2 draw against their opponents the last time they went head to head sure gives them a bit of confidence of progressing to the finals.
Argentina vs Colombia head to head
Both sides have met in 16 occasions since 2003 with Argentina winning eight times as Colombia only won thrice and five ended in a draw. Take a look;
- Colombia 2-2 Argentina Jun 09, 2021
- Argentina 0-2 Colombia Jun 16, 2019
- Colombia 0-0 Argentina Sep 12, 2018
- Argentina 3-0 Colombia Nov 16, 2016
- Colombia 0-1 Argentina Nov 17, 2015
Home
- Argentina 3-0 Ecuador
- Bolivia 1-4 Argentina
- Argentina 1-0 Paraguay
- Argentina 1-0 Uruguay
- Argentina 1-1 Chile
Away
- Uruguay 2-4 Colombia
- Brazil 2-1 Colombia
- Colombia 1-2 Peru
- Colombia 0-0 Venezuela
- Colombia 1-0 Ecuador
Argentina team news
Argentina might only miss the services of their center back Cristian Romero due to an injury. The rest of the squad is available and read for the Wednesday’s clash.
Colombia team news
Colombia will be without Mateus Uribe and Yairo Moreno who are both nursing injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Argentina win
- Goals under 2.5
- Correct score 2-0
