Bolivia – Colombia: each team scores a goal/UN

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Our prediction: Bolivia – Colombia: each team will score/UN

10.10.2024 22:00

Colombia is the only undefeated team in the South American qualifiers after eight rounds and would normally be the clear favourite against Bolivia, but circumstances are making the chances of both teams even. The game will be played at an altitude of 4 150 metres above sea level.

Until last year, Bolivia hosted their opponents in La Paz, at 3,637 metres in the highest national stadium in the world. Since this year it has moved to a newly renovated stand in El Alto, where it crushed Venezuela 4-0 on its September debut, the visitors not helped by preparation in oxygen chambers.

Now Colombia, which had a several-day acclimatisation camp in Cochabamba at 2,500 metres above sea level before the match, will have to contend with the unusual conditions. Moreover, coach Nestor Lorenzo nominated 29 players for the upcoming double-header to spread the workload evenly.

But even a possible defeat should not bother the Colombians, they have started the qualification in a great way, with Nestor on the bench they have not lost even one of the last 28 matches in normal time, the only defeat they suffered in the final of this year’s Copa América in extra time against Argentina, but they returned the defeat in the world qualification in the last home match (2-0).

What to bet on:

Bolivia won 2-1 in Chile in September to record their first away win in 67 matches in world qualifying! But if they want to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1994, they need to manage primarily home games. Colombia’s current form will be a tough nut to crack, but either way both sides should be able to score goals as they did in their last three World Cup qualifiers (1-1, 2-3, 1-2).

Confidence:

7/10

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