World Cup 2018: Colombia vs. England odds, lines, expert picks, and insider predictions
European soccer expert picks Tuesday's 2018 World Cup game
A trip to the 2018 World Cup quarterfinals is on the line when England and Colombia square off on Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET. England is No. 12 in the FIFA World Rankings, while Colombia is No. 16. Colombia edged out Japan to top Group H, while England secured second place in Group G. England enters this round of 16 match at +110 on the money line, meaning you'd need to bet $100 on an English victory to win $110. Colombia enters this must-win match at +300 (wager $100 to win $300), while a draw is +215. The over-under on total goals scored in this 2018 World Cup match is 2. England is 7-1 to win the entire tournament, while Colombia is listed at 18-1 World Cup odds.
Before you enter your 2018 World Cup picks for England vs. Colombia, you have to see what European football expert David Sumpter has to say. Sumpter is an applied mathematician who wrote "Soccermatics," a book that explains how math works inside the sport. Together with other experienced analysts, Sumpter developed the powerful Soccerbot model.
The Soccerbot reads current odds and all team performance data, calculates key metrics and predicts upcoming matches. In nearly three seasons since its inception, the Soccerbot is up an incredible 1,800 percent on bookmakers' closing odds.
The Soccerbot has been on fire during the World Cup Knockout Stage. On Monday, it was all over Brazil and Belgium to win in regulation. On Sunday, it correctly predicted draws for Spain-Russia (+280) and Croatia-Denmark (+225). Earlier, the model nailed draws for Argentina-Iceland (+385) and Brazil-Switzerland (+360) and predicted Iran upsetting Morocco at +275, just to name a few of its big calls. Anyone who has followed it is way, way up.
Now, the Soccerbot has digested the film, crunched the numbers and broken down every single player on Colombia and England's rosters. The model has released a very strong money-line pick, which it's sharing over at SportsLine.
The model knows the Colombians controlled tempo in their final Group H match against Senegal, possessing the ball for 56 percent of the time before center-back Yerry Mina deposited the winning goal that propelled them into the 2018 World Cup knockout stage.
In order to advance to the quarterfinals against England, Colombia will need a strong performance from its best player, Radamel Falcao. The AS Monaco striker, who tallied a goal in his squad's 3-0 shutout of Poland, must be ready to shoot in high-percentage scoring chances within the box.
The model also knows England enters Tuesday's contest unbeaten in its last five meetings against Colombia. However, England has only won two of its last eight World Cup knockout games. The Three Lions' last World Cup knockout victory came in 2006, a 1-0 win over Ecuador.
Despite only winning two of its last eight knockout stage matches, England has scored a goal in 17 of its 18 knockout games at the World Cup. And England's current squad features Harry Kane, who has already scored five goals in Russia 2018. If Kane scores against Colombia, he will become the first player to score in six consecutive appearances for England since 1939.
So which hungry squad wins Tuesday? Visit SportsLine now to see the strong Colombia-England pick, all from a European football expert whose powerful model is up 1,800 percent in less than three years.















