Brazilian hopes rest firmly on the slight shoulders of Neymar, whose four goals have been the driving force behind Brazil's otherwise sluggish path to the quarter-finals.

One of the undoubted stars of the tournament is James Rodriguez. Leading the scoring charts with five goals, including several candidates for goal of the tournament, he gives Colombia genuine hopes of causing an upset in Fortaleza.

Can Neymar inspire the real Brazil to finally turn up, or will Rodriguez break a nation's hearts and fire Colombia into the semi-finals?

You can't see me

Surprisingly, this fixture pits two of the most careless passers against each other, with Brazil managing to complete just 83.4% of their passes, and Colombia 83.3%. This ranks both teams in the bottom 10 at the tournament for pass success rate and the least accurate teams to make the quarter-final stage. For Colombia, their average of just 313 passes completed per match is the fifth lowest in the competition, well behind Brazil's average of 394. Each side will need to take extra care to find their talismanic number 10s if they expect them to boss the game.

Why does it always rain on me?

Despite conceding just two goals, Colombia have allowed the third highest number of shots on their goal in the competition - a whopping 63. This averages out at almost 16 per game, which is coincidentally how many Brazil have been creating - the fifth highest at the tournament - so David Ospina will be in for a busy evening in the Colombian goal. While Julio Cesar proved his worth to Brazil in their penalty shoot out victory over Chile, a defence led by the imperious Thiago Silva has allowed opposition a much lower average of 10.5 shots per game at the Brazilian goal. Given Colombia's relatively low volume of shots - just 9.8 per game - the host nation's defence can harbour realistic hopes of stifling their opponents' attack.

Just bring it

Brazil have dominated their matches so far, taking 60% of the shots in the games they have contested - the sixth highest share at the finals. Colombia on the other hand have often found themselves on the back foot, with only four sides having taken a smaller share of the shots than their 38%. It's likely therefore that we will see the Colombians sitting back in an attempt to soak up the pressure and hit Brazil on the break.

Summary

With the exception of Neymar, Brazil as an attacking unit have failed to impress, relying heavily on the Barcelona star to produce the goods when it matters. Against Colombia they face a dangerous side capable of punishing their error prone defence - Colombia's shot conversion rate is the highest of the tournament at 28%: more than double Brazil's 13%. If Colombia can find a way to keep Neymar out of the game, they may well pave a route to the semi-finals and heap misery on the host nation.