Colombia – Venezuela Preview

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Colombia – Venezuela Tips and odds. October 10, 00:30 SOUTH AMERICA: World Cup – Qualification – 1st round.

Colombia – Venezuela Preview

• Seeking their third consecutive FIFA World Cup (WCQ) qualification, Colombia have historically started their qualifiers on a positive note, avoiding defeat in 12 of their last 13 matches in their inaugural campaign (G6, D6, L1). In eight of those 13 games, Colombia secured a clean sheet, while ten scored less than 2,5 goals. In particular, four of the seven win/loss results came with a one-goal margin, while five of the six Colombian wins were “a nil”.
• Colombia's home form in the WCQs has also been impressive, with just two defeats in their last 15 games (W9, D4, L2). Eight of those wins came on a clean sheet, while both losses were by a single goal margin.
• The only CONMEBOL team to never qualify for a World Cup, Venezuela never started their qualifying campaign with a win (D2, L11), losing their last ten WCQ opening matches! Furthermore, Venezuela failed to score in nine of those ten, while losing four 2-0. That said, the visitors have avoided defeat in six of the last eight WCQs (W2, D4, L2) and have scored first in four of those games, although they've twice lost points (W2, D2).
• Each of Venezuela's seven non-Venezuela WCQ wins since 2000 has had a clean slate, while 20 of their 28 losses during this period have been "nil". Unsurprisingly, Venezuela has lost six of the previous eight WCQ H2Hs (G1, D1, L6) each time without scoring.
• Players to Watch: Colombia's all-time top scorer Radamel Falcao scored six of his 12 WCQ goals in the 75th minute or later, but has yet to score in WCQ H2H.
• Darwin Machís could be among Venezuela's top ten scorers of all time with his next strike. That could come sooner as five of his six domestic goals have come before HT.
• Cutting-edge stat: In 11 of Colombia's last 12 games, at least one team has failed to score (just 90 minutes).

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