Monday welcomes the thrill of the long-awaited Copa America Final featuring Argentina and Colombia. Who will win the title? It should be a real spectacle.
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Argentina, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-0 Copa America success over Canada.
In that game, Argentina had 51% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For Argentina, the goals were scored by Julián Álvarez (22') and Lionel Messi (51'). Canada got 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.
Their latest results really do illustrate the point that not much more can be done by the Argentina rearguard. Argentina have been stingy, seeing the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their past 6 games standing at 2. That sort of trend won’t necessarily follow through into this match, however.
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Colombia will come into the game after a 0-1 Copa America win over Uruguay in their previous outing.
In that match, Colombia managed 38% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Colombia was Jefferson Lerma (39'). Uruguay got 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
Over the course of their previous half-dozen outings, Colombia have bagged a total of 15 goals. Colombia have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve had 2 goals go against them.
👥 Head to head
Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 15/11/2016 shows us that Argentina have won 2 of them and Colombia 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.
In all, 12 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for La Albiceleste and 5 coming from Los Cafeteros. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.
The last league game between these sides was WC Qualifiers - South America match day 16 on 01/02/2022 which ended up with the score at Argentina 1-0 Colombia.
That day, Argentina managed 56% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Lautaro Martínez (29').
For their opponents, Colombia had 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
📋 Team News: Argentina
We think that La Albiceleste could use a 4-4-2 system for the game, beginning the first half with Emiliano Martinez, Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Lisandro Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico, Angel Di Maria, Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister, Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez.
📰 Team News: Colombia
We believe Los Cafeteros appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Camilo Vargas, Santiago Arias, Davinson Sanchez, Carlos Cuesta, Johan Mojica, Mateus Uribe, Jefferson Lerma, Jhon Arias, James Rodriguez, Luis Diaz and Jhon Cordoba.
⚡ Prediction
We think that Colombia might need a bit of good fortune to breach the defence of this Argentina outfit who we think might well gain the upper hand.
That’s why our selection here is for a good tussle with a 1-0 winning score for Argentina at the end of this game.
It should be a good one.
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