Kuwait - Colombia: Pekerman's Tricolor face final test ahead of Copa America

Colombia head into their final game before this summer's Copa America off the back of an excellent 6-0 demolition of Bahrain last Thursday.

Jose Pekerman's side head into Chile's Copa America as one of the strong favourites. They dismissed any challenge of a poor Bahrain team with ease on Thursday, Radamel Falcao scoring a brace.

In search of reinforcing the statement they have made strongly since their impressive World Cup quarter-final exit, they face Kuwait in the Mohammed Bin Zayed stadium.

Los Cafeteros have won all but one of their 6 games since the Brazil World Cup and that was to the Brazilians in September. With another 5 wins following that defeat Tricolor have conceded just two goals, with one coming against Brazil, while scoring 13 times.

As Colombia have been hitting the back on the net with ease, Kuwait have struggled to get past any of the defences they have faced. They've played 13 times since the World Cup, which they failed to qualify for, and have won just three of those games, losing six.

They face this star-studded Colombia team of the highest quality having lost four of their last five to Oman, South Korea and Australia.

Colombia's blistering side will be without their star Galactico, James Rodriguez, who is out of selection for another few weeks having broken his metatarsal.

Radamel Falcao and Carlos Bacca particularly impressed in the 6-0 win over Bahrain last Thursday and as such should earn themselves a place in the starting XI on Monday. Weson Rentaria was brilliant when he was subbed on in the second half and despite the reputation of Juan Cuadrado, could take his place on the right side of the front line.

Fredy Guarin and Adrian Ramos made an instant impact when they both came on in the second half but they will find it hard to displace Abel Aguilar and Falcao respectively, but they could be another second half introduction.

PREDICTED LINE-UP: Ospina; Bocanegra, Franco, Murillo, Andrande; Aguilar, Guarin; Rentaria, Quintero; Falcao, Bacca.

Pekerman is unlikely to change hugely for his last preparation game before the Copa America in June as he looks to find the perfect line-up to reintroduce James Rodriguez in the tournament. Another demolition of an Asia Cup side would go a long way to boost Colombia's morale even further than it is having had a great last two years.

KUWAIT SQUAD

Goalkeepers

Sulaiman Abdulghafoor, Nawaf Al Khaldy, Hameed Youssef, Khaled Al Rashidi

Defenders

Musaed Al Enazi, Sultan Al Enezi, Amer Al Fadhel, Talal Al Fadhil, Ali Al Maqseed, Khaled Al Qahtani, Hussain Fadhel, Fahad Awadh Shaheen

Midfielders

Talal Al Amer, Fahad Al Ansari, Abdullah Al Buraiki, Fahad Al Hajeri, Faisal Zaid Al Harbi, Saleh Al Sheikh, Abdulaziz Al Misha'an, Khaled Ebrahim

Attackers

Bader Al Mutawa, Adulrahman Bani, Yousef Al Sulaiman, Faisal Alenezi

COLOMBIA SQUAD

Goalkeepers

D. Ospina, Camilo Vargas