Colombia will take a trip to the Polideportivo Cachamay Stadium to face Venezuela on Wednesday in the final game of their World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign. Kick off set for 30th March 2022 02:30 EAT.
The hosts are currently rooted to the bottom of the standings with 10 points from 17 matches. Four losses and only one win have been recorded in the past five fixtures. They have now lost each of their last two games, while picking up just three points from the last nine available. In their last six games, Venezuela gave up a total of 12 goals.
Venezuela will be hoping for a better result following a 3-0 WC Qualifiers – South America loss against Argentina. In that match, Venezuela had 27% possession, 3 shots with 1 on target. Argentina had 16 shots with 6 of them on target and goals scored by Lionel Messi(82’), Angel De Maria (79’) and Nicolas Gonzalez (35’).
The visitors are sixth on the table with 20 points from 17 matches. Three losses, a draw and a loss have been recorded in the past five fixtures. Colombia has conceded 4 goals from their previous 6 outings combined. They were on a seven-game winless run in the qualifiers, claiming four draws and losing three in that time.
Colombia will be hoping for the same result following a 3-0 WC Qualifiers – South America win with the downing of Bolivia in their last outing. In that game, 76% possession, 19 shots with7 of them on target and goals scored by Luiz Diaz (39’), Miguel Borja (72’) and Mateus Uribe (90’). Bolovia got 2 shots with none on target.
Venezuela vs Colombia head to head
Since 2003, 17 matches have been played by these two teams with Venezuela having 5 victories, Colombia 7 victories and 5 matches ended in a stalemate.
- Colombia 0-0 Venezuela 18/06/21
- Colombia 3-0 Venezuela 10/10/20
- Colombia 0-0 Venezuela 11/09/19
- Venezuela 1-2 Colombia 08/09/18
- Venezuela 0-0 Colombia 01/09/17
Home
- Argentina 3-0 Venezuela
- Uruguay 4-1 Venezuela
- Venezuela 4-1 Bolivia
- Venezuela 1-2 Peru
- Ecuador 1-0 Venezuela
Away
- Colombia 3-0 Bolivia
- Argentina 1-0 Colombia
- Colombia 0-1 Peru
- Colombia 2-1 Honduras
- Colombia 0-0 Paraguay
Venezuela team news
José Pékerman will have a full squad to choose from.
Colombia team news
Reinaldo Rueda will miss the services of Yerry Mina due to injury.
Prediction and odds
Venezuela are placed bottom-most in the table, and they had scored the second-least number of goals in the competition while Colombians need a surplus of one point, to climb level with the fifth-placed squad.
- Colombia win
- Both teams to score
- Goals above 2.5
