Mexico vs Colombia - prediction, team news, lineups

Mexico conscionable Colombia astatine the M&T Bank Stadium connected Sunday greeting successful the archetypal of a bid of fixtures being held successful the United States during this planetary break.

In their erstwhile friendlies, El Tricolor posted an emphatic 5-1 triumph against Serbia astatine the Estadio Nemesio Diez, portion La Fiebre Amarilla claimed a 2-0 triumph implicit Jordan astatine the Snapdragon Stadium.

Match preview

Following an outstanding build-up to the tournament, winning six and drafting 2 of their anterior 8 matches, Mexico volition understandably inactive beryllium somewhat disappointed with their 2026 World Cup exit connected location soil.

Having topped Group A by winning each of their opening 3 matches, scoring six and keeping a trio of cleanable sheets successful the process, El Tricolor claimed an awesome 2-0 triumph against Ecuador successful their archetypal knockout necktie to advancement to the Round of 16 for the archetypal clip since the 2010 tourney successful South Africa.

However, that was wherever Mexico’s travel came to an extremity arsenic they fell to an agonising 3-2 decision against Thomas Tuchel’s England astatine the Estadio Azteca and soon afterwards bid farewell to Javier Aguirre astatine the helm for the 3rd time.

In bid to marque the champion imaginable commencement to his tenure, Rafael Marquez volition undoubtedly beryllium hoping to overturn his nation’s horrid caller grounds against Colombia, with El Tricolor losing each of the erstwhile 4 meetings with Sunday’s absorption and conceding a damning 12 goals implicit that stretch.

Much similar their opposition, Colombia headed into this summer’s World Cup successful large form, lone losing to European heavyweights France and Croatia successful their erstwhile 13 fixtures, but were unlucky to person bowed retired of the tourney successful achy fashion.

After beating Portugal to apical spot successful Group K, earning 7 points from their 3 fixtures, Jhon Arias’s first-half onslaught gave Nestor Lorenzo’s men a 1-0 triumph against Ghana successful their opening knockout bout and propelled them into the Round of 16 for the 3rd clip successful the erstwhile 4 tourney editions.

Unfortunately for Colombia, that was wherever their summertime run finished though arsenic pursuing a tense 90 infinitesimal stalemate with Switzerland successful Vancouver, La Fiebre Amarilla were incapable to instrumentality vantage of their extra-time dominance and suffered a constrictive 4-3 decision successful the punishment shootout.

Looking up to adjacent year’s Copa America campaign, Lorenzo volition surely beryllium wanting to rebuild momentum and footwear disconnected Colombia’s preparations with triumph against Mexico, who they claimed an emphatic 4-0 triumph implicit erstwhile the sides past met successful October 2025.

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Team News

In his archetypal planetary squad, Marquez volition beryllium frustrated to person prima players Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez some missing with musculus and genu injuries respectively.

The 47-year-old has besides near World Cup skipper Edson Alvarez retired owed to his deficiency of minutes for West Ham United truthful acold this season, portion legendary goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa is nary longer disposable for enactment aft retiring from planetary duty.

However, pursuing a lengthy spell without an quality for Mexico, Hirving Lozano returns to fold this period and brings immoderate much acquisition into a squad that has been sprinkled with youth.

After playing a physically demanding 62 matches past season, Lorenzo has decided to remainder prima antheral Luis Diaz for Colombia’s latest acceptable of international friendlies, with Oscar Perea, Daniel Arcila and Yaser Asprilla amongst the names who could capable his shoes.

Having stepped distant from representing his country, James Rodriguez is unavailable for Sunday’s match, portion Juan Fernando Quintero has called clip connected his planetary contributions too.

David Ospina, Jefferson Lerma, Jorge Carrascal and Jhon Cordoba are conscionable a fewer of the remaining absentees to Lorenzo’s latest squad, arsenic the 60-year-old notably looks to beryllium weighing up changes crossed the Colombia frontline.

Mexico imaginable starting lineup:

Rangel; Reyes, Montes, Vasquez, Chavez Garcia; Mora, Lira, Pineda; Alvarado, Gimenez, Lozano

Colombia imaginable starting lineup:

Mier; Munoz, Sanchez, Lucumi, Angulo Mosquera; Puerta, Rios, Arias; Asprilla, Suarez, Gomez

We say: Mexico 1-1 Colombia

With some teams missing respective cardinal players and looking to bounce backmost from harrowing World Cup exits, Sunday's clash could beryllium an highly choky lucifer which could easy spell either way.

After losing each of their erstwhile 4 meetings with Colombia, we deliberation Mexico volition halt the rut this weekend, but are predicting the lucifer to extremity successful a gully astatine the M&T Bank Stadium.

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