Brazil vs Colombia Prediction: Can Colombia finish the group in 1st place?

In the upcoming fixture of Copa America, Brazil will face Colombia at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The home side head here after a win (1-4) against Paraguay. The visitors arrive here after a win (3-0), against Costa Rica.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Brazilian team comes to this game after a 1-4 victory against Paraguay. Despite the 1st half being slightly divided in statistical terms, Brazil always created more and better scoring opportunities. The Paraguayan team was creating scoring opportunities, albeit of low quality. The Brazilian team got a penalty in the 31st minute, but they were unable to convert it. But shortly afterward they reached 0-1, at 35'. Surprisingly, the Brazilian team still managed to score two more goals before the break, at 43' and 45+5'. In the 2nd half, the Paraguayan team entered the match strongly, reducing the score in the 48th minute to 1-3, but Paquetá converted another penalty in the 65th minute. Despite having more opportunities, the Paraguayan team could not score and change the score until the end. With this result, the Brazilian team is in 2nd place in the table, with 4 points. The team needs to get a victory to finish the group in 1st place in the table.

The Colombia team comes to this game after another victory, this time 3-0 against Costa Rica. The 1st half would be practically dominated by the Colombian team. Despite their dominance, the team was unable to score, but everything would change in the 31st minute with Luis Diaz opening the scoring. In the 2nd half, finding themselves at a disadvantage, the Costa Rican team opened up the game more, managing to have more of the ball. Despite having more ball, the team was unable to have clear scoring opportunities. Taking advantage of the fact that the Costa team exposed itself more, the Colombia team managed to score 2 more goals, in the 59th and 62nd minutes, managing the game until the end. With this result, the Colombia team is in 1st place in the table, with 6 points. The team is on an excellent series of consecutive victories and reaches a draw to maintain 1st place in the group.

In the recent 5 games between those 2 teams, Colombia has won 1, Brazil has won 2, and they drew another 2. Goals were scored in 4 of those 5 matches, and with both teams scoring in 3 of those games.

It’s hard to predict a winner in this match due to the quality of both teams. Still, goals are expected from both teams.