Columbia v Greece Betting Tips and Predictions World Cup

Columbia v Greece betting tips and predictions for Saturday’s World Cup match in Group C.

On late Saturday afternoon in the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, the first match of Group C is upon us between Colombia and Greece. Despite both teams’ current rankings of eighth and twelfth in the world, there seems to be a gulf of class between the two teams which has the potential to be a one-sided game.

Columbia vs Greece latest betting odds: Columbia 10/11 with Bet365, draw 23/10 with Bet365, Greece 4/1 with William Hill.

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Colombia boasts a number of instrumental players in their squad, with a potent strike force, a solid midfield and a goalkeeper linked with a summer move to the Premier League. Colombia’s main strength lies with their forwards with players such as Jackson Martinez, Carlos Bacca and Teofilo Gutierrez leading the line in the absence of Ramadel Falcao. Falcao is seen as a huge miss for the Colombians although there are goals in the team through Martinez who had another tremendous season with FC Porto scoring 29 goals and Bacca who scored an impressive 21 goals in his first season for Sevilla. For our first Columbia v Greece betting tip we are backing Jackson Martinez to score first at 11/2 with Bet365.

Conversely, in James Rodriguez, Colombia has an integral player who has been prominent for both his club side Monaco, in which he was the leading assist maker in the French League, whilst playing an important role in Colombia’s path to the World Cup.

Colombia came second in World Cup qualifying only to Argentina, the campaign brought about impressive results throughout such as the 4-0 drubbing of Uruguay and a remarkable 3-1 away victory against Chile.

The catalyst for the success of Colombia in this game will be offered through James Rodriguez, who has been given a free role to roam from left to right, looking to carve open the opportunities for the strikers to finish. Another factor why we are predicting Colombia will breeze past Greece for our football betting tips is from the pace of Juan Cuadrado down the right hand side and the power and goal threat they have upfront through Martinez and Bacca should see them dominate the game and provide them with a solid three points to take into their second game. With this dominance predicted we are backing Columbia to be winning at half-time and full-time at odds of 2/1 with Ladbrokes.

Greece’s tactics in recent tournaments has been based on a solid defence, with four clean sheets being kept throughout the qualifying campaign. People have written off Greece’s chance in the World Cup; however you do not have to look too far back for their shock win in Euro 2004. Much of the attacking threat for Greece will depend on 12 million pound Fulham striker Kostas Mitroglou, who via to his move to Fulham hit a remarkable 23 goals in 23 games for Olympiakos.

Greece have an experienced midfield in Giorgos Karagounis and Kostas Katsouranis which will offer protection against the pace of the Colombians, which will make up for a lack of creativity they possess, although with age against them, it suggests that Colombia will enjoy much more possession and power against them. 

Columbia vs Greece Betting Tips

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