The action continues from the Copa America early on Wednesday morning – first kick-off is 01:00 UK time followed by 03:30 so stay up late or get up early.
- USA vs Costa Rica
- Colombia vs Paraguay
| Goalkeeper | Brad Guzan | USA | £3.5m |
| Defender | Fabian Johnson | USA | £8.8m |
| Defender | Cristian Zapata | Colombia | £7.1m |
| Defender | Santiago Arias | Colombia | £8.4m |
| Midfielder | Michael Bradley | USA | £8.0m |
| Midfielder | James Rodriguez | Colombia | £13.2m |
| Midfielder | Celso Ortiz | Paraguay | £3.6m |
| Midfielder | Robert Piris | Paraguay | £6.3m |
| Midfielder | Bryan Ruiz | Costa Rica | £12.0m |
| Forward | Carlos Bacca | Colombia | £9.5m |
| Forward | Clint Dempsey | USA | £12.9m |
| £81,400,000 | |||
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USA vs Costa Rica Preview
The hosts got off to a bad start with a 2-0 defeat to Colombia and will now need a confidence-building win against Costa Rica to get things back on track. They should achieve this reasonably comfortably and we expect a win to zero against a Costa Rica side who earned a creditable draw against Paraguay in the first game. Before the Colombia game the USA had four wins on the trot, scoring ten goals and conceding just three; Costa Rica should not prove a problem for the Americans and failed to score in their opening match.
| Form All Games Last 5 | Average Goals Scored | Average Goals Conceded | |
| USA | LWWWW | 2.00 | 0.75 |
| Costa Rica | DWWDL | 1.75 | 0.5 |
Picks?
We have a feeling this could be a nervy, narrow win for the USA with a possible 1-0 scoreline. We would go for USA players from any position, especially defenders and midfielders.
Colombia vs Paraguay Preview
Colombia are the only team to have won in Group A and should take a big step towards qualification for the knockout stages with a win against Paraguay. They are currently the third ranked team in the world with Paraguay down in 44th place. Those rankings can lie of course but there is a definite gap in quality here and we expect a comfortable win to zero from the home team against a team who have drawn three of the last four.
| Form All Games Last 5 | Average Goals Scored | Average Goals Conceded | |
| Colombia | WWWWL | 1.50 | 1.33 |
| Paraguay | DLDDW | 1.17 | 1.00 |
Picks?
It has to be Colombia players from any position but if you need to fill in the gaps go for Paraguay midfielders.
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