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Is Jefferson Lerma in the World Cup 2026?

Yes — Jefferson Lerma is in Colombia's 26-man World Cup 2026 squad and plays his club football for Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Colombia are in Group K; their next match is against Uzbekistan. Onside's model gives Colombia a 53% chance to reach the Round of 16 and 2.2% to win the tournament.
● GROUP STAGE COMPLETE

Is Jefferson Lerma playing today?

Colombia have completed their Group K fixtures. Knockout-round opponent depends on other group results — see the live bracket for the projected path.

Predicted bracket → Colombia advance scenarios →
COLOMBIA · GROUP K · CRYSTAL PALACE

Jefferson Lerma

COLOMBIAPL · CRYSTAL PALACE

“Jefferson Lerma carries Colombia's World Cup hopes through Group K — model projects — pts-per-90 across the three group-stage fixtures.”

ONSIDE AI · MODEL v5

PROJ PPG · MODEL
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vs ALL OUTFIELDS IN TOP-100
0.07.0
HOW FAR DOES LERMA GO?
ROUND OF 16
53%
QUARTER-FINAL
26%
SEMI-FINAL
13%
FINAL
5.2%
CHAMPION
2.2%

Cumulative probabilities · Updated each match · 60-min refresh

PHOTO · WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

TOURNAMENT STATS · UPDATES EVERY MATCH

Live stat sheet

Matches
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pre-debut
Minutes
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Goals
0
Assists
0
Clean Sheets
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outfield
xG
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pre-debut
Proj xP/90
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model
Fantasy pts
0
Onside calc

Stats refresh after every match (60s ISR + football-data 15s upstream cache). xG is approximated until shot-level data ships; clean sheets currently track GKs only.

ONSIDE MODEL · TOURNAMENT IMPACT MAP

Lerma's match-by-match expected output

Per-match expected points combine the model's win probability for Colombia, projected per-90 output, and assumed minutes share. Cells dim as the journey grows uncertain.

MD 118 Jun
vs uzb
79%
0.0EXP PTS
MD 224 Jun
vs cod
75%
0.0EXP PTS
MD 327 Jun
vs por
28%
0.0EXP PTS
R16
Round of 16
53%
0.0EXP PTS
QF
Quarter-final
26%
0.0EXP PTS
SF
Semi-final
13%
0.0EXP PTS
FINAL
Final
5%
0.0EXP PTS

Knockout cells dashed to signal contingency · Click any group cell to open the prediction.

ONSIDE RADAR · WC 2026 MODEL

Jefferson Lerma — the player profile

Colombia #13 · Crystal Palace · PL regular

5-AXIS PROFILE
ATTACK59PLAYMAKING64TACTICAL79PHYSICAL77DEFENDING61
Jefferson LermaAverage pro · 75
ONSIDE MODEL · WC 2026 PROJECTION
EXP. GOALS · TMT
0.1
across the tournament
EXP. ASSISTS · TMT
0.1
across the tournament
xG / MATCH
0.02
model expectation
xA / MATCH
0.02
model expectation
MINUTES SHARE
85%
PL regular · high start prob
POSITION
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Crystal Palace

Ratings synthesised by Onside's model from team rank + position cohort + recent fixtures. Refreshed every 60 minutes.

Jefferson Lerma's group-stage fixtures

3 MATCHES · MODEL WIN-PROBABILITIES SHOWN

vs Uzbekistan (away)
MD1 · Thu 18 Jun · 02:00 UTC · Mexico City
79%/13%/8%
WIN · DRAW · LOSE
vs DR Congo (home)
MD2 · Wed 24 Jun · 02:00 UTC · Zapopan
75%/15%/10%
WIN · DRAW · LOSE
vs Portugal (home)
MD3 · Sat 27 Jun · 23:30 UTC · Miami Gardens
28%/25%/47%
WIN · DRAW · LOSE

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