Colombia – Ivory Coast

Colombia and Ivory Coast both have 3 points after the first round, but the two teams produced different performances against Greece and Japan respectively.

I was expecting Colombia to struggle a little bit offensively without Falcao, but the South Americans played one of the best matches of this World Cup and easily defeated a decent Greece side 3-0. The win and performance came to confirm Colombia-s good form recently, and with the talent at their disposal, the colombians can hope to go deep in this tournament. An analysis of the match will reveal Colombia playing top football offensively, defensively and in the midfield area as well, very few weak spots. Team news for Colombia: Bacca is injured.

Colombia lineup: Ospina – Zapata, Yepes, Sanchez, Armero – Zuniga, Aguilar, Cuadrado, Ibarbo – Rodriguez – Martinez.

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Ivory Coast got a big win vs. Japan but the level of play was poor. Japan scored an early goal trough Honda and then denied Ivory Coast too many chances – even if Japan is a very poor defensive team. Ivory Coast was struggling to create anything until suddenly two crosses from Aurier produced two goals in the 64th and 66th minutes. It coincided with Drogba entering the game, even if the ex-Chelsea man did not score himself. Give or take, it was all Ivory Coast did in that match – the win was lucky, even though I have to admit I did not see the last 15 minutes. Team news for Ivory Coast say that Ya Konan is not available for this match. This time Drogba will probably start.

Ivory Coast lineup: Barry – Boka, Aurier, Serey, Bamba – Zokora, Tioté, Y Touré – Gervinho, Kalou, Drogba.

There is a sensible difference between Colombia and Ivory Coast right now, Colombia played so much better in the first game and is much more consistent for years. Ivory Coast has aged, and even when these players were younger, the Elephans could not put together a cohesive team to get results on the big stage. I am confident that Colombia will outplay the Africans today, they will surely find ways to trouble their unstable defense. The obvious bet that makes sense ginthe analysis is Colombia to win, so that will be my tip. Correct score prediction: Colombia – Ivory Coast 2-1.

Pick: Colombia
Odds: 2.17 @ Sbobet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 9.36
Event date: 19 June