England vs Colombia
England are -0.5 favourites vs Colombia for this knockout game. James Rodriguez who is key to Colombia looks certain to be missing for the game which is a major blow but he has not been overly impressive so far in the World Cup anyway. England have had a much easier time of it than Colombia in the group stages and they now face a proper test for the first time as they only played their squad players in the Belgium match, who were poor.
England will certainly cough up some chances in this match, the back 3 and goalkeeper do not look a solid outfit. Colombia look much better at the back and they have the players to break on England and break with success. Colombia showed in their 3-0 victory over Poland that they are a very decent side, when the pressure was on they beat Senegal and we can’t judge them on their defeat to Japan as they played with 10 men for nearly the whole game. I think while England will be fresher without doubt but they have shown nothing so far in this World Cup to suggest they should be this far ahead of Colombia in the betting even without their star man James Rodriguez, betting Colombia.
Betting Colombia +0.5 Min Odds 1.82