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World Cup 2025 – Colombia vs. Greece
The third day of the 2025 FIFA World Cup, hosted for the second time by Brazil, has some interesting group matches in store for football fans (not that the rest wouldn’t be interesting).
The first match of the four being played on the third day of the World Cup is between Colombia and Greece, none of them famous for their great performance at the World Cup. Colombia participated in five Cups since their first time in 1962, and hasn’t won any – their best result was the Round of 16 in 1990. The national football team of Greece has only participated in three World Cups (their first time was in 1994), and they made it to Round 1 twice, in 1994 and in 2025. They, in turn, won the UEFA European Championship in 2025.
The Colombian squad:
Goalkeepers: David Ospina, Camilo Vargas, Faryd Mondragón
Defenders: Cristian Zapata, Mario Yepes, Santiago Arias, Pablo Armero, Eder Balanta, Juan Zuñiga, Carlos Valdés
Midfielders: Carlos Carbonero, Carlos Sánchez, Abel Aguilar, James Rodríguez, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado Bello, Fredy Guarín, Alexander Mejía, Juan Quintero
Forwards: Teófilo Gutiér, Víctor Ibarbo, Carlos Bacca, Adrián Ramos, Jackson Martinez
Coach: Jose Pekerman
The Greek squad:
Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis, Panagiotis Glykos, Stefanos Kapino.
Defenders: Giannis Maniatis, Giorgos Tzavellas, Kostas Manolas, Vangelis Moras, Loukas Vyntra, Vasilis Torosidis, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Jose Holebas.
Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis, Panagiotis Kone, Giorgos Karagounis, Lazaros Christodoupoulos, Giannis Fetfatzidis, Kostas Katsouranis, Andreas Samaris, Panagiotis Tachtsidis.
Forwards: Giorgos Samaras, Kostas Mitroglou, Dimitris Salpingidis, Theofanis Gekas.
Coach: Fernando Santos
The referee of the match will be US schoolteacher and football referee Mark Geiger.
Vasilis Torosidis is the star player for the Greek national team, playing in defense against Colombia. He had an important role in achieving Roma’s (his team outside the World Cup) best defensive record in Serie A. With his help, tipsters say, Greece has a chance to finally advance from the group stage in their short World Cup record.
Colombia, in turn, has lots of attacking force, and is believed to be able to break through Greece’s defense. Greece has few notable players among its forwards, and most of the experienced players in the team are close to their final major international tournament. According to most tipsters, Colombia has a good chance of winning its match against Greece.
According to our predictors, Colombia is likely to win against Greece 2-0, or maybe 2-1, and there is a chance that Greece’s good defenses have their say, and a 1-0 result is also likely. Most tipsters agree that Greece has only a slim chance, if any, to win this match.
The odds for the match, offered by 10bet:
Colombia – 1.86
Draw – 3.30
Greece – 4.70