World Cup 2018: Top 5 group stage matches to look forward to

#4 Poland vs Colombia (Group H)

These Bayern Munich teammates will be locking horns at the World Cup

Date: 24th June 2018

Venue: Kazan Arena, Kazan

Head-to-head:

Games played: 5

Poland wins: 2

Colombia wins: 3

Drawn: 0

The last 3 games have gone Colombia's way.

Preview:

Poland had an easy passage into the World Cup group stages as they finished top of Group E in the European qualifiers with Robert Lewandowski topping the scoring charts with 16 goals.

Despite their heroics in Brazil 4 years ago, Colombia made hard work of qualifying and struggled to find their rhythm. They finished in 4th position, which was enough to secure them a place at the World Cup. They didn’t win any of their last four games and limped over the line.

Both sides have injury concerns with Kamil Glik (Poland) unlikely to feature in the group stages and Colombia's first choice left-back Frank Fabra ruled out of the tournament with an ACL rupture.

Key players:

Robert Lewandowski, Jakub Blaszczykowski, Piotr Zielinski (Poland)

James Rodriguez, Radamel Falcao, Juan Cuadrado (Colombia)

Possible lineups:

Poland(4-4-2): Szczesny, Piszczek, Bednarek, Pazdan, Rybus, Blaszczykowski, Krychowiak, Zielinski, Grosicki, Milik, Lewandowski

Colombia(4-2-3-1): Ospina, Arias, Zapata, D Sanchez, Mojica, C Sanchez, Aguilar, Cuadrado, Rodriguez, Quintero, Falcao

Prediction: Poland 2-2 Colombia