Spain v Colombia Betting Preview – International Friendly 7th June
A nice workout for Spain here at home as they try and get themselves back into gear ahead of a World Cup qualifier on the weekend when they travel to Macedonia. Colombia have been going well in their quest to make it to Russia next summer in the World Cup, but they aren’t playing competitively again until August so that may mean they won’t be near top gear for this one.
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Spain v Colombia Betting Tips
Spain have not been able to shake off the attentions of Italy in their World Cup qualifying group as they sit level on points at the top of the pile with the Azzurri. Spain are top though over the Italians by a vastly superior goal difference. Their next qualification game comes up on the weekend as they take on Macedonia in the qualifiers, so will have a nice warm up in this one for that. Spain have gone W4 D2 in their last six games played and they did win their last friendly match which was away in France. That was a big return to confidence for them and this is a game which they will be expected to win as well. In the correct score market at bet365 the shortest priced option is a Spain 1-0 win for a price of 5/1 and that was the result the last time that these two met, back in a 2011 friendly. There is plenty of goalscoring options around for Spain with Alvaro Morata as 13/10 anytime goalscorer favourite with Iago Aspas at 6/4.
Because the Spaniards don’t give up a lot of goals, Spain to win to nil at Bet365 is a quote of 11/8. Colombia have not played a game since a friendly against Brazil back in January, so they can be forgiven if they are a bit rusty. They don’t play competitively again until the back end of August when CONMEBOL World Cup 2018 qualification resumes. Colombia have have gone W2 D2 L2 in their last six games so have been a bit hit and miss and both teams have scored in just one of their last six as well. Both teams not to score at bet365 in this friendly with Spain is a solid 8/11 punt. Colombia are currently sat in second place in World Cup qualifying in their group, having been helped out by Uruguay’s slump in form there. They haven’t got a lot of firepower to honest and Carlos Bacca is a 3/1 anytime goalscorer option for them in this one. They head off to face Cameroon after this game in a friendly.
Spain v Colombia Betting Odds
Spain 8/15, Draw 3/1, Colombia 5/1
Spain v Colombia Predictions
Spain to win: It’s a lot of travelling for Colombia for this one and they probably aren’t going to be at their strongest. Therefore Spain should be able to get a win on the board in this one as they warm up for the World Cup qualifiers. It’s likely going to be a low scoring affair.
