Colombia vs. Venezuela Preview & Picks

Last Updated on June 17, 2021 12:44 pm by

The longest continental tournament in the world continues this Thursday with one of South America’s classics. The Columbian team that comes from winning in its debut against Ecuador, with a goal scored by Cardona, will be the team led by the Portuguese José Peseiro. He has had a very difficult path since he assumed the role of coach of the Venezuelan national team. The fact is that now in the continental tournament, his team had more than 17 casualties, 6 due to injury and the rest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So, the coach had to call up 16 emergency players to face the host to win the cup, with whom they lost 3-0 in the debut. Furthermore, the Vinotinto team must adjust in the few days they have, before the match, and try to play a good game against Colombia. This match will be played in the city of Goiânia, specifically at the Olympic Stadium Pedro Ludovico Teixeira, at 16:00 E.T., it will be broadcasted by DIRECTV Sports, Win Sports+, RCN TV and Caracol TV. 

Five interesting facts ahead of Colombia vs. Venezuela matchday two of the Copa America 2021 group stage: 

1. The first meeting between the two teams dates back to February 23, 1938, during the IV Central American and Caribbean Games, where Venezuela won 1-2. 

2. The last meeting between the two teams was on October 9 last year, when Colombia won 3-0. 

3. In the last five matches, Colombia has three wins and the other two games ended without either team scoring a goal. 

4. The last victory of the Vinotinto team was in the 2015 Copa America, where it finished with a score of 0-1. 

5. Between them, 39 matches have been played, where Colombia dominates with 18 victories, there are 14 ties and only 7 victories for the Venezuelan team. 

Let’s review the current situation of both teams ahead of Thursday afternoon’s match: 

Colombia: The team coached by Reinaldo Rueda, will arrive at this match after having conquered the first victory against the Ecuadorian national team. Thanks to a great prepared play, executed from start to finish by Edwin Cardona, the Boca Junior player, who gave the first three points in the competition to the Colombian team. One of them was not in the call-up because he was recovering from a facial injury and the other, according to the coaching staff, “was not in optimal conditions” to play in the Copa América in which they will seek their second continental title. 

Here are the best plays from Colombia’s victory over Ecuador last Sunday: 

Venezuela: The team arrived at the Copa America with the clear intention of working the concepts of the experienced coach José Peseiro, who since he arrived at the tricolor cast, has only had to overcome the various setbacks that have been presented to him, and so far in the first 6 games he has played, he has only one victory against Chile, a draw against Uruguay and 4 defeats. Therefore, they also came to Copa America to obtain results in terms of performance for the rest of the World Cup qualifiers but now they will have a different scenario, with an alternate team. Many of them had never made their debut with the national team, yet defended the Vinotinto shield with honor and gallantry; without being intimidated by the big names that were in front of them. For now, we will have to wait and see how Venezuela will be able to get out of this group stage, but for now, it looks to be the last one in the group with so many setbacks. 

Let’s review the best plays of the Vinotinto team against Brazil: 

Betting line: 

Colombia: 45.5% (-400) – Goals: 1.37 – Best O/U: u2½-119 
Venezuela: 26.9% (+840) – Goals: 0.91 – Best O/U: o2½-114 
Draw: 27.6% (+359)