Follow the 2026 FIFA World Cup game between Uzbekistan and Colombia, as the two sides meet in their opening match in Group K. You can analyse all the stats and play around in our Opta-powered chalkboards.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Uzbekistan vs Colombia stats from their 2026 FIFA World Cup Group K meeting at Mexico City Stadium on 17 June.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Uzbekistan vs Colombia: Pre-Match Opta Facts
This will be the first ever meeting between Uzbekistan and Colombia. Uzbekistan’s only previous victory against a CONMEBOL side was in a March 2023 friendly versus Bolivia – they won 1-0 in Saudi Arabia with a goal from their all-time top scorer Eldor Shomurodov. Uzbekistan are making their FIFA World Cup debut, aiming to become the first team from AFC to reach the knockout stage in their maiden appearance since Saudi Arabia in 1994 (Jordan also debuting in 2026). Uzbekistan are one of five teams to reach the knockout stages of the AFC Asian Cup in each of the last six tournaments, going back to 2004. The other four are Iran, Iraq, Japan and Korea Republic. Uzbekistan lost only one of their 16 qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with that sole defeat coming away to Qatar, where the hosts scored a winner in the 12th-minute of added-time (3-2). They finished second to Iran in that round of qualifying, conceding the fewest goals in the group (7 in 10 matches). This will be Colombia’s seventh FIFA World Cup appearance and their first since 2018. Their best performance came in 2014 – they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by hosts Brazil. Colombia have topped their FIFA World Cup group in each of their last two participations in 2014 and 2018, winning five of their six group matches in that span (L1). None of Colombia’s 22 FIFA World Cup matches has ever ended in a goalless draw; only Austria (29) have featured in more World Cup matches without a single 0-0 result. Colombia finished third in CONMEBOL qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup – only Argentina (31) scored more goals than Colombia (28), whilst Los Cafeteros produced more expected goals (28.8) and shots on target (96) than any other team. Colombia scored the most headers (7) in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying campaign. They were also the joint-top scorers from corner kicks (4 – level with Argentina). Eldor Shomurodov was involved in more goals than any other Uzbek player in the qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup – he scored five times and provided four assists. Only Lionel Messi (8) scored more goals than Colombia’sHence then, the article about uzbekistan vs colombia stats fifa world cup 2026 live was published today ( ) and is available on The Analyst ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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