Head-to-head Colombia have won just two of their 25 previous games against Brazil and have never defeated them on Brazilian soil. Their last victory against the Selecao was a 2-0 win in the group stage of the Copa America in 1991 (staged in Chile). It is 11 years since Brazil last beat Colombia. The four most recent meetings all ended in draws. Three of those games finished 0-0. The most recent encounter was a 1-1 draw in New York in November 2012. Juan Cuadrado put Colombia ahead before Neymar equalised, but the Brazilian star also hit a penalty over the bar. Brazil They have reached the quarter-finals for the sixth consecutive time. They have lost at this stage in the last two tournaments, with defeat by the Dutch in 2010 their last competitive loss. Their only defeat in the last 25 games came against Switzerland last August (W18, D6, L1). Brazil are unbeaten in 41 successive home matches, with their last defeat coming against Paraguay in August 2002. Their last competitive defeat at home was 3-1 to Peru in the 1975 Copa America semi-final. Colombia Los Cafeteros are unbeaten in their last 11 games (W7, D4) since losing 2-0 in Uruguay last September. If they avoid defeat in Fortaleza it will be their longest unbeaten run since a 27-game streak between 1992 and 1994. They have won more World Cup matches in Brazil (four) than in their previous 13 tournament games combined. James Rodriguez has scored in each of his last six appearances for Colombia. He has scored five World Cup goals and assisted two more in 310 minutes on the pitch - which equates to scoring or assisting a goal every 44 minutes. Ten of Colombias last 13 World Cup goals have been scored in the second half of matches. Coach Jose Pekerman is unbeaten in nine World Cup matches (W7, D2). However, one of Pekermans two draws was followed by a penalty shootout defeat by Germany in 2006 in his final match in charge of Argentina.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 18:19:36 +0000
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