Colombia vs. Bolivia 3/24/22 CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifications Soccer Pick, Predictions, and Odds

Colombia is hosting Bolivia at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez in round 17 of the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifications. Colombia hasn’t been playing well at all, even though they have a lot of talent, and they still have a chance to qualify. Bolivia will not be going to the World Cup, but they have been playing really well in the attacking end.

With only 1 win in their last 8 games, Colombia is in 7^th place with 17 points, and the only way they are going to the World Cup is if they win both of their games until the end, and they also need favorable results from some other games. Colombia is averaging only 1 scored goal per game, while they are conceding slightly over 1 goal per game. If they get a win here, Colombia has a good chance at beating Venezuela in the last round, but they need to focus on this game first. The roster looks solid for Colombia, they have their best players available, but their form is still shaky at best. If they don’t qualify for the World Cup, Colombia will be hugely disappointed, but maybe that will force them to make some changes.

Even though Bolivia has been scoring a lot of goals in these qualifications, 23 in total, it was their defense that has kept them down. Bolivia is 6 points away from 5^th place, which means they theoretically can still qualify, but they will need to win both of their games. Martins Moreno is the leading goalscorer for Bolivia with 10 goals, and he will be in the lineup in this game as well. There are only a couple of players from Bolivia playing in Europe, and maybe that is the reason why they are playing so well in the attacking end. Now that Bolivia has their offense fixed, they need to work on their defense, and maybe then they will have better chances at qualifying for the World Cup.

Colombia has been dominant in this matchup, and they are massive favorites here, but with the way they have been playing, they don’t deserve to be. Colombia has to win this game, and I think they might, but Bolivia will score in this game.