Colombia Olympic team take on Nigeria in the round 3 match of the group stage. The game will be played on Thursday, August 11th in Rio de Janeiro.
Colombia Olympic team advanced for the final stage for the first time in 24 years as they made their las appearance in Barcelona in 1992. The team have already played two matches of the group stage and both of them ended with 2-2 draw. The first match was an equal clash with Sweden. The second one started off with undeserved 2-0 lead of Colombia over Japan but ended with bitter draw. So, the team has two points gained after two matches with 4-4 aggregate goal difference and sit on the second place in the group.
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Nigeria Olympic team have already guaranteed them the first place in the group after two matches played. The first round match turned into a feast of goal and ended with 5-4 win of African side. Despite the score, Nigeria were a better side through entire match and allowed the Asian to score only in the end of the match. The second match ended with 1-0 win over Sweden when Nigeria didn’t allow Scandinavian side to create many chanced (1 shot on goal) and launched 21 shot in the match.
Colombia need three points to secure the second place and advance to the playoffs while Nigeria are already the group winners. We can expect South American side to prevail in the match and to see a high scoring result in the match as both team proved they know how to beat opponents’ keepers.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals.