The story

Colombia are unbeaten in 81 of their 99 most recent matches, with James Rodríguez posting the highest average rating among their players at 7.63 across their last ten. Uzbekistan have dropped just 9 of their last 48 home matches, and Igor Sergeev leads their attack in xG per match at 0.27 over that same recent stretch. Head-to-head meetings between these sides have stayed under 3.5 goals in 33 of the last 41 encounters, with both teams also collecting under 1.5 cards apiece in eight of the last ten.