In the early hours of Sunday, Colombia and Paraguay kick off their Group D campaigns at the Copa America.
ColombiaLos Cafeteros are amongst the favourites to win the Copa America this summer in the USA. Nestor Lorenzo’s team heads into this encounter unbeaten in 23 international games, including recording eight straight victories. Their last defeat came all the way back in 2022 against Argentina in a World Cup qualifier.
The team’s attack has been particularly potent lately, scoring at least two goals in four of their last five outings. Their attacking prowess has led to four of their previous five games producing over 2.5 goals.
If Colombia are to be successful in the Copa, they will need to improve upon their form in the competition, as they have won just one of their previous six games at the Copa America.
Their recent Copa matches have been relatively low-scoring, too, with under 2.5 goals scored in 11 of their last 14 games.
ParaguayLos Guaranies will go into this encounter to upset the group's odds and qualify ahead of Sunday’s opponents and group favourites, Brazil.
However, they don’t go into this game in the best of form. Daniel Garnero’s team has won just one of their previous five international matches and two of their last nine games.
The fact that they have failed to score in seven of their last nine outings has undoubtedly been a big contributing factor to their poor recent results. Their inability to score has been a decisive factor in nine of their last ten matches, resulting in under 2.5 goals being produced.
Their recent results in the Copa America have been poor, with just one win in the last four games in the competition.
What am I backing?The bet I am backing is for Colombia to kick off their Copa America campaign with a relatively comfortable victory.
