Colombia and Brazil will be looking to get their CONMEBOL World Cup qualification campaigns back on track when they do battle at Estadio Metropolitano in Barranquilla on Thursday.
While the hosts are seeking to end a three-game drawing streak, the visitors enter matchday five after suffering a surprise defeat to Uruguay last month.
A narrow 1-0 home win over Venezuela in September has since been followed by three successive draws against Chile, Uruguay and Ecuador, picking up solitary points against the latter two nations last month.
Colombia were on course to claim maximum points against Uruguay courtesy of goals from James Rodriguez and Mateus Uribe, but the 87th-minute dismissal of goalkeeper Camilo Vargas for a foul inside the penalty area was followed by a 91st-minute equaliser from Uruguay's Darwin Nunez, who converted the resulting spot kick to rescue a point.
Nestor Lorenzo's men were then frustrated in a goalless stalemate with Ecuador in their most recent fixture, but nevertheless have extended their unbeaten run across all competitions to 15 matches, dating back to February 2022 when they lost 1-0 to Argentina.
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