Colombia can secure a spot in the Copa America quarterfinals with a victory against Costa Rica on Friday at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
Los Cafeteros lead Group D after beating Paraguay 2-1, while Los Ticos surprised everyone with a 0-0 draw against Brazil.
In their debut, Colombia had a difficult first 20 minutes, but knew how to take advantage of the possession, controlling 68% of the ball and scoring two of their three shots on goal. Coach Néstor Lorenzo’s team aspires to reach the quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive time. They have a streak of nine consecutive victories, seven of them by a single goal. Another victory would mark their first consecutive victory in the group stage since 2019.
Colombia has been solid both defensively and offensively, scoring 13 goals in its last four matches. It has not lost to a CONCACAF team since a 3-2 loss to Costa Rica at the 2016 Copa America.
Costa Rica, under the direction of Gustavo Alfaro, managed to keep Brazil scoreless, becoming only the third CONCACAF nation to do so in this competition. Despite being dominated in possession and opportunities, Los Ticos showed resilience. They are on a four-game unbeaten streak and have not conceded a goal in their last three games. However, they have never managed to keep consecutive clean sheets in the history of the Copa América.
Historically, Costa Rica has struggled against Colombia, losing nine of their 11 meetings. Their last victory over Colombia was in the 2016 Copa América.
Colombia vs Costa Rica lineups and team news
Colombia could be without defender Jhon Lucumi for their Copa America clash against Costa Rica. Lucumi, who plays for Bologna, was substituted after 25 minutes due to a knock. He was replaced by Cagliari’s Yerry Mina.
Luis Díaz celebrated his 50th international match with the national team in his first match. Camilo Vargas started in goal, continuing his streak of starting every game this year, while international record holder David Ospina remained on the bench. Daniel Muñoz and Jefferson Lerma, both from Crystal Palace, scored Colombia’s goals, and James Rodríguez made history by becoming the first player since 2019 to assist twice in a single group stage match.
Colombia’s predicted starting lineup (4-4-2): Vargas (GK) – Muñoz, Sánchez, Mina, Mojica – Ríos, Lerma, Arias, Rodríguez – Durán, Díaz.
Costa Rica made three changes from its World Cup qualifying win over Granada. Haxzel Quirós, Juan Pablo Vargas and Jefferson Brenes started against Brazil.
Jeyland Mitchell, at 19 years and 270 days, became the youngest CONCACAF player to start in this tournament since 2011. Goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira made three crucial saves to secure his fourth consecutive clean sheet despite 19 shots from Brazil.
Costa Rica predicted starting lineup (5-3-2): Sequeira (GK) – Quirós, Mitchell, Vargas, Calvo, Lassiter – Galo, Bran, Aguilera – Zamora, Ugalde.
Live broadcast of the Colombia vs Costa Rica match, TV channel
| television channel | Transmission | |
| USA | FS1, UniMas, TUDN | FuboFox Sports app/website, TUDN app/website, Univision Now, ViX |
| Canada | — | TSN+, RDS application |
| United Kingdom | Sports Premier 1 | Top-level sports player |
| Australia | — | Optus Sport |
| India | — | — |
USA: Colombia vs. Costa Rica from State Farm Stadium will be televised in the United States on FS1, with Spanish-language broadcasts on UniMas and TUDN. All three channels are available to stream on Fuboand the latter offers a FREE seven-day trial.
UNITED KINGDOM: This match will be shown in the UK on Premier Sport Player platforms.
Canada: All Copa América matches will be broadcast in Canada on TSN and RDS (French).
Australia: Australia’s only broadcaster for the America’s Cup is Optus Sport.
India: Unfortunately, there has been no official confirmation of the Copa America live and TV broadcasts in India. Reports had suggested that FanCode and Sony were set to acquire the broadcast rights for the tournament, but as of yet that has not been made official. So, as of now, there is no official platform in India on which viewers can stream nor any channel on which the match will be broadcast.
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