Colombia have a golden likelihood to make early development into the spherical of 32 on the World Cup after they face DR Congo tonight.
The South American aspect had been too sturdy for Uzbekistan of their Group Okay opener, Luis Diaz among the many objectives in a 3-1 victory.
DR Congo shouldn’t be underestimated, nonetheless, after grinding out a hugely creditable 1-1 draw with Portugal in their first game.
They’ve loads of Premier League expertise with the likes of Yoane Wissa, Arthur Masuaku, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Noah Sadiki.
The place to look at Colombia v DR Congo: TV and on-line streams
Colombia v DR Congo kicks off at 3:00am UK time on Wednesday. It is going to be broadcast on ITV1 and STV and obtainable to stream by way of ITVX and the STV Participant. Sky subscribers can even stream the sport by way of Sky Go.
Stats for Colombia v DR Congo
- This would be the first assembly between Colombia and DR Congo.
- Colombia have received six of their final seven group stage matches. They’ve scored 17 objectives and conceded simply 5 in that run.
- Certainly, Colombia have scored in every of their final 10 World Cup video games, the joint-longest lively streak within the competitors (additionally Argentina).
- Having misplaced their first World Cup sport towards African opposition in a 2-1 last-16 defeat to Cameroon in 1990, Colombia have since received every of their final three matches towards such opponents.
- DR Congo misplaced their solely different sport towards CONMEBOL opposition, a pre-tournament pleasant towards Chile.
- Ought to Wissa discover the online once more for DR Congo, he’ll turn into solely the second African participant to attain in every of his first two World Cup appearances, replicating the feat of Mohamed Salah for Egypt in 2018.
