Poland – Colombia Prediction & Picks (24.06.2018)

On matchday two of group H, the two winning teams Japan and Senegal and the two losers Poland and Colombia meet. We from the betting base want to focus on the game Poland vs. Colombia and look for betting odds that could be worthwhile for potential bets. Both teams are under tremendous pressure after losing the first group game. Those who lose in this game can probably start packing slowly. The winner, however, can again legitimate hopes of reaching the knockout stages. The game will take place at 19 o’clock in the Kazan Arena.

Poland:

The performance of the Poles in their opening match against physically strong Senegalese was really disappointing. Actually, they had been given good chances to clinch the group victory in this well-balanced group. But they are far from that. Against the Africans she lost deservedly with 1: 2 and the team of coach Adam Nawalka showed especially in the first half a very weak performance. So they were at the break with 0: 1 back. In the second round, the “Bialo-Czerwoni” were able to put themselves in the limelight, but fell behind with a curious goal from Niang with 0: 2. After that, it was enough only for the first goal, the Krychowiak scored with five minutes to play.

Especially the Polish superstar Robert Lewandowski disappointed a lot. He was in good hands for the full 90 minutes at Senegal’s central defenders Koulibaly and Sane and could never hint at his goal-scoring. In qualifying, the white-red showed particularly in the offensive very powerful. After all, they were able to score 28 goals in the ten qualifying matches. How important Lewandowski is for Poland, shows the fact that alone 16 hits went to his account. These scorching strikers, they now urgently need in the next two group matches. Adam Nawalka and his team actually have to win both games if they do not want to go home early. With Lukas Piszczek and Jakub Blaszczykowski are two other Bundesliga players in the squad. For the match between Poland and Colombia, betting odds indicate that the Colombians are the more likely winning team.

Colombia:

Unfortunately, the World Cup start for the cafeteros could not have been running. From the third minute on, they were outnumbered by a red card against Sanchez and fell behind with 0-1 on penalties. Despite all this, they did not get upset and made a great effort to turn the game around.

Before halftime they succeeded by a directly converted free kick of the at that time not undeserved compensation. In the second half, the Japanese took over the command again and finally came to deserved winning goal 15 minutes before the end. With “well fought but deservedly lost” we can draw the conclusion for the Colombians from this game. Coach Jose Pekerman relinquished his star James, who was slightly injured, at the beginning of the game. But he came in after 60 minutes, so we expect him to be against the Pole from the start. It was the first defeat for Pekerman’s team this year. There have been two wins and two draws in each of the last four friendly matches. Particularly noteworthy here is the 3-2 victory in France, as they were able to turn a 0-2 deficit still in a success. In qualifying, the cafeteros were dragged to their final destination. The last four qualifying games could not all be won, leaving one point ahead of Chile and Peru in the end. Best scorer was James with six goals. Despite the alleged favorites in the match Poland against Colombia, a tip on the Colombians to relatively attractive odds is possible.