STAR FOOTBALL PREVIEW Tues: Switzerland v Colombia

Switzerland take on Colombia in the World Cup Round of 16 in Vancouver on Tuesday evening, and it’s Colombia who go in as narrow favourites, writes JOE CITRONE.

Nestor Lorenzo’s side look like strong dark horses here, and a tough nut to crack, not conceding any goals in their last three matches, but also only scoring twice.

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Switzerland v Colombia
World Cup Round of 16
21:00 BST STV / STV Player / ITVX / ITV1

HEAD-TO-HEAD
MAR 2007 FRIENDLY Colombia 3-1 Switzerland
JUN 1994 WORLD CUP Colombia 2-0 Switzerland
FEB 1991 MIAMI CUP Switzerland 3-2 Colombia
FEB 1985 FRIENDLY Colombia 2-2 Switzerland

SWITZERLAND
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Switzerland 2-0 Algeria
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Switzerland 2-1 Canada
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Switzerland 4-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Qatar 1-1 Switzerland
JUN 2026 FRIENDLY Switzerland 1-1 Australia

COLOMBIA
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Colombia 1-0 Ghana
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Colombia 0-0 Portugal
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Colombia 1-0 DR Congo
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Colombia 3-1 Uzbekistan
JUN 2026 FRIENDLY Colombia 2-0 Jordan

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Switzerland deserve credit for topping Group B above Canada, and Johan Manzambi has been a genuine breakout star. But I don’t see enough firepower there to crack this Colombia back line.

History barely factors in – just four meetings, and Switzerland’s only win came in a 1991 friendly. Colombia have had the upper hand since, including that 2-0 World Cup win back in 1994.

I am backing Colombia to win in 90 minutes and under 2.5 goals, which you can back at 10/3 with starsports.bet.

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