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Despite being the favorites to qualify from the Group H ahead of the World Cup, Poland and Colombia are in danger of being knocked out of the group stage. Both of the nations faced a defeat by 2-1 in their respective first game. Poland was defeated by African nation Senegal while the Asian nation Japan stunned the South American Colombia.
Poland's dangerman Robert Lewandowski was ineffective against Senegal due to which the Europen nation struggled with the scoring. On the other side, Colombia lacked the 2014 Golden Boot winner James Rodriguez who missed the early 70 minutes of the game due to a calf injury but was later brought in. The early red card shown to Carlos Sanchez was also a match-changing point.
Both of the teams will be looking for the clear three points as the loss could show them the way to home. James could be in the lineups today but Colombia have to play without suspended Carlos Sanchez.
Poland
Goalkeeper: Wojciech Szczesny
Defenders: Kamil Glik; Michal Pazdan, Lukasz Piszczek
Midfielders: Maciej Rybus, Jacek Goralski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Bartosz Bereszynski
Forwards: Kamil Grosicki, Piotr Zielinski, Robert Lewandowski
CAPTION: Poland National Football Team SOURCE: Diario AS Players to Watch: Robert Lewandowski
Colombia
Goalkeeper: David Ospina
Defenders: Santiago Arias, Cristian Zapata, Oscar Murillo, Johan Mojica
Midfielders: Abel Aguilar, Wilmar Barrios, Juan Cuadrado, James Rodriguez, Luis Muriel
Forwards: Radamel Falcao
CAPTION: Colombia National Football Team SOURCE: SerieaNews Players to Watch: James Rodriguez
The match will kick off at 7 pm BST / 2 pm ET on 24th June at Kazan Arena, Kazan. The match will be broadcast live on ITV. You can also listen to the live commentary on BBC Sports.
Poland and Colombia have met 5 times previously. Colombia has the better history winning the last three matches. The earlier two matches were won by Poland.
As per our prediction, Colombia is likely to take lead over Poland with 3-1. The return of James has made the team even stronger with Falcao in the attack.
Colombia: 13/10
Poland: 23/10
Draw: 12/5
Colombia are placed at 130+ which means you can make the profit of 130 if you place a bid of 100 on Colombia win. Poland have higher profit rate with 230 with the investment of 100.
On the draw, you can get 240 more with 100.
