Colombia vs Portugal - prediction, team news, lineups

Group K's apical 2 teams volition fastener horns astatine the 2026 World Cup connected Saturday, with Colombia and Portugal gathering astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens.

Colombia are apical of Group K, boasting six points from 2 matches, portion Portugal are 2nd connected 4 points, meaning that the second request to triumph to decorativeness astatine the apical of the section.

Match preview

Colombia person been awesome astatine this summer's tournament, opening their Group K situation with a 3-1 triumph implicit Uzbekistan, earlier beating Congo DR 1-0 past clip out.

Six points from 2 games has seen Nestor Lorenzo's squad unafraid a spot successful the last-32 signifier of the tournament, and they request lone a constituent successful this lucifer to assertion archetypal position, which would spot them conscionable a third-placed squad from Group D, E, I, J oregon L successful the adjacent round.

However, Colombia volition decorativeness arsenic runner-up, and conscionable the Group L runner-up successful the circular of 32, should they suffer to Portugal astatine Hard Rock Stadium connected Friday.

La Tricolor person been named arsenic imaginable outsiders for the trophy this summer, and they person erstwhile erstwhile it comes to a tally heavy into a World Cup, reaching the last 8 successful 2014.

Colombia person faced Portugal connected 1 erstwhile occasion, a 0-0 gully successful a affable backmost successful 2014, truthful this volition beryllium the first-ever competitory gathering betwixt the 2 teams.

Portugal, meanwhile, volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 5-0 triumph implicit Uzbekistan, with Cristiano Ronaldo coming up with a brace to easiness the caller unit connected him.

Ronaldo's spot successful the squad had been questioned aft his disappointing show successful a goalless gully with Congo DR, but the celebrated fig 7 was backmost connected the scoresheet past clip out, moving him onto 975 vocation goals - a simply staggering return.

Roberto Martinez's broadside are 2nd successful Group K connected 4 points, meaning that they request to triumph this lucifer to decorativeness supra Colombia astatine the apical of the section.

A gully sees Portugal decorativeness second, portion a decision would besides bring a runners-up spot, should Congo DR neglect to bushed Uzbekistan successful the section's different match.

A worst-case script would spot Portugal suffice arsenic a third-placed finisher, but they are astir surely going to decorativeness successful the apical two, and Martinez's squad are regarded arsenic among the contenders for this summer's trophy.

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Team News

Colombia inactive request to marque a last appraisal connected Luis Suarez, who was forced disconnected against Congo DR past clip retired with a enarthrosis injury, but the anticipation is that the Sporting Lisbon striker volition beryllium disposable to pb the enactment successful this contest.

Luis Diaz and James Rodriguez are besides acceptable to beryllium standout names successful the Colombia XI, portion the aforesaid midfield 3 should stay successful place, including Jefferson Lerma.

Colombia could really beryllium unchanged from their past crippled against Congo DR, including a spot successful the mediate of the defence for Davinson Sanchez.

As for Portugal, Tomas Araujo is regarded arsenic a doubt, with the defender suffering an wounded successful his team's opening lucifer of the contention against Congo DR.

Martinez's broadside are different successful beardown shape, and determination is again acceptable to beryllium a commencement done the mediate for Ronaldo, who arsenic mentioned, struck a brace against Uzbekistan past clip out.

Bernardo Silva and Rafael Leao are among those pushing to interruption into the side, but Joao Felix whitethorn person done conscionable astir capable to clasp his spot successful the last 3rd of the field.

Colombia imaginable starting lineup:

Vargas; Munoz, Sanchez, Lucumi, Mojica; Puerta, Arias, Lerma; J Rodriguez, L Suarez, Diaz

Portugal imaginable starting lineup:

D Costa; Cancelo, Dias, Veiga, Mendes; Vitinha, Fernandes, J Neves; Neto, Ronaldo, Felix

We say: Colombia 1-1 Portugal

This is simply a truly pugnacious lucifer for Portugal against a stern Colombia outfit - we tin spot the points being shared connected Friday, forcing Portugal to judge 2nd spot successful the section, which could spot them instrumentality connected Ghana successful the last-32 circular of the competition.

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