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Venezuela and Colombia meet at Sun Life Stadium in a friendly. This is Venezuela's first friendly of the year. In the case of Colombia, this will be his 4th friendly of the year, having already faced Egypt, Australia and France. The history of recent direct clashes between these two teams indicates total balance as there has been 1 draw and 1 win for each team in the last 3 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 31-08-2017, ended with a draw for (0-0). In this match the home factor may play an important role, since Colombia presents significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Analysis of Venezuela

This is the first friendly of the year of the home team, who played 3 in the last year. In these friendly matches he recorded the following results: Venezuela (0-1) Iran, Ecuador (1-1) Venezuela and USA (1-1) Venezuela. This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses as a visitor; against 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses in his stadium. In the last game that disputed, for Friendly, lost with Iran at home by (0-1). In the last 6 home games Venezuela recorded 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses. The team has conceded goals to their opponents in 7 of the last 10 games, so there are defensive processes that need to be improved. In 13 games, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never managed to turn the score.

The Venezuela team comes to this game with a 0-1 defeat at the friendly against Iran. Despite this defeat, it is important to note that the Venezuelans only have 3 losses in the last 10 matches played in several competitions. In this difficult game against Colombia, coach Rafael Dudamel should line up in the usual 4-2-3-1 with José Salomón Rondón being the most offensive reference of the team. It is important to emphasize that the local selection presents several defensive difficulties that are easily taken advantage of by the Colombian team. For this game the coach can count on all his players.

Analysis of Colombia

This will be the fourth friendly of the year of the visiting team, after previous friendly matches have recorded the following results: Egypt (0-0) Colombia, Colombia (0-0) Australia and France (2-3) Colombia. This is a team that curiously shows more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses as a visitor, with a total of 23 goals scored and 13 conceded. Already inside the home, it conquered 5 victories, 5 ties and 5 losses, with a total of 19 goals scored and 17 suffered. In the last game he played for the World Cup, he lost with England at home (3-4) in the tie-break. In the last 10 games as a visitor Colombia has won 5, drawn 4 and lost 1. Their attack has regularly scored, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 6 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard.

Colombia come to this friendly with a defeat, on penalties, against England, in play for the round of 16 of the World Cup 2018. Regularly the new coach Arturo Reyes lines in 4-2-3-1 being Falcao, player of the Monaco, the most offensive reference of the Colombian national team. It is important to note that the Colombian coach can also play in 4-4-2, a system used by the previous coach. It seems that the coach can count on all the players at his disposal.