Colombia vs. Panama Prediction on July 6, 2024

Match info

On Saturday, July 6, at 3 p.m. local time, Colombia and Panama will play their men’s football 2024 Copa América quarterfinal match at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, USA.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Colombia

Colombia is participating in its 21st top-tier tournament under CONMEBOL and has only been crowned once, in 2001. They’ve advanced to the quarterfinals six times in a row. Colombia won its group and moved on to the 2024 Copa América quarterfinals with seven points from three games. They were placed in the same group as one of the tournament favorites, Brazil, but they went into the competition in excellent form and defeated the titans of South America. They defeated Paraguay 2-1 to begin their campaign, then prevailed over Costa Rica 3-0 with greater ease. Colombia’s 1-1 draw in the last group match ensured that it’d finish ahead of Brazil. “Los Cafeteros” (the “Coffee Growers”) will thus play Panama, who placed second in its group and is deemed as an underdog by Colombia betting sites.

The Colombians have been scoring goals lately; they scored six in the group stages and 11 in three matches before the tournament. They ought to create a lot of problems for the Panamanian defense, which hasn’t kept a clean sheet in five games. Colombia has a wealth of attacking expertise, with James Rodríguez, a former Real Madrid player, and Luis Díaz of Liverpool playing significant roles. Daniel Muñoz, the right-back for Crystal Palace, has been a serious threat, though, with two goals. Both the equalizer versus Brazil and the game’s first goal against Paraguay were scored by the defender from the Premier League. With just two goals conceded thus far, he and his teammates have also shown strength at the back.

Due to suspension, Jefferson Lerma won’t play in this match after receiving his second yellow card of the competition against Brazil. Apart from him, Néstor Lorenzo ought to have a complete roster at the disposal from which to select the starting XI.

The current form of Panama

Panama has only participated in Copa América twice, and this is the first time it has advanced past the group stage. Many were taken aback by Panama’s results there, particularly since the tournament host was one of the victims of such a result. Panama dropped its first group match against Uruguay but bounced back magnificently to deliver the biggest surprise of the tournament by defeating the USA 2-1. They secured their second-place ranking after they defeated Bolivia 3-1 and the USA lost to Uruguay. “Los Canaleros” or the “Canal Men” will face yet another challenging test embodied in Colombia, having already fought tough opponents in Uruguay and the United States. Two clean sheets in six games from Colombia could indicate a chance and a challenge for Panama to overcome. José Fajardo has already scored twice.

After completing his suspension for the red card he received during the match against the United States, Adalberto Carrasquilla ought to be eligible. Thomas Christiansen will have a slight headache as José Rodriguez’s availability for this game is in doubt because he has missed the previous two due to injury.

Head-to-head

In the 14 previous h2h meetings, Colombia has emerged victorious 10 times to Panama’s four victories. In recent years, face-offs between these two have been infrequent; they’ve only met once since 2007. This occurred during a 2019 international friendly that Colombia won 3-0.

Match analytics

Colombia has been playing well; they won a group that included Brazil and have plenty of offensive talent. Although Díaz has only once scored from the penalty spot, he’ll be sure to trouble the Panamanian defense. We anticipate that he’ll be significantly involved, registering either a goal or an assist, as one of the primary attackers in the lineup.

Although Panama has performed satisfactorily thus far in the competition, we anticipate that its run will finish against a stronger and more competitive Colombian team. Panama will be a tough test, as it has demonstrated in all of its games thus far.

For this reason, we predict that Colombia will win by a narrow score, probably with a margin of one. So, this is our final verdict: Colombia Win By Exact Goal – Yes (1), with odds of 12/5 at Hollywoodbets.

Results of the forecast

Forecast failed. Colombia vs. Panama 5:0