COL vs JPN: The teams Japan and Colombia face against each other in the opening game of group H of FIFA World Cup 2018. The game will kick start at 1 pm BST on June 19. The venue of the match is at Mordovia Stadium. Group H also has Poland and Senegal which is scheduled later today.
Before the start of World Cup 2018, these two teams have well trained in their warm-up matches with other teams. These two teams met head to head three times so far. Colombia beat Japan 1-0 in the 2003 Confederations Cup and won 4-1 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The sides drew 0-0 in the Kirin Cup back in 2007.
James Rodriguez of Colombia is doubt in today’s game. In the FIFA ranking, Colombia is at the 16th place and the team Japan is at the 61st place. Hence it is predicted that Colombia will win this game against Japan in today’s game.
Colombia vs Japan Playing XI
Colombia Playing XI: David Ospina, Óscar Murillo, Davinson Sánchez, Johan Mojica, Santiago Arias, Juan Quintero, Carlos Sánchez, Jefferson Lerma, Radamel Falcao, José Izquierdo, Juan Cuadrado
Japan Playing XI: Eiji Kawashima, Gen Shoji, Maya Yoshida, Yuto Nagatomo, Hiroki Sakai, Shinji Kagawa, Makoto Hasebe, Gaku Shibasaki, Yuya Osako, Takashi Inui, Genki Haraguchi
Colombia vs Japan Live Streaming
- Colombia: DIRECTV Sports Colombia, Deportes RCN En Vivo, Caracol Play, Caracol TV, RCN Television, DIRECTV Play Deportes
- India: SONY TEN 3 HD, Sony ESPN HD, SONY TEN 2, SONY TEN 3, Sony ESPN, SONY TEN 2 HD, Sony LIV
- Ireland: BBC iPlayer, TalkSport Radio UK, BBC Radio 5 Live, RTE 2, RTE Player, BBC One, BBC Sport Live
- Japan: NHK Japan
- China: BTV Sports Channel, QQ Sports Live, CCTV 5+ VIP, Tianjin Sports Channel, PPTV Sport China, Guangdong Sports Channel, G-Sports Channel, CCTV-5
- Poland: nc+ GO, TVP Sport Live Streaming, Canal+ 4K Ultra HD, TVP1
- Senegal: RTS 1, SuperSport 14, SLGO, SS13, SuperSport 3 Africa, Canal+ Sport 1 Afrique, SuperSport Live
- United Kingdom: BBC Sport Live, BBC One, TalkSport Radio UK, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live
- United States: Futbol de Primera Radio, SiriusXM FC, Sling World Cup, Telemundo, Fox Sports 1, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo