Can Junior FC defeat Deportivo Pasto in Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez clash?

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 23:20 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez (46692 seats)

Happy home supporters, the away team with a heroic away win or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Junior FC and Deportivo Pasto duel at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.

Insights:
  • Junior FC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportivo Pasto have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Liga BetPlay

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Deportivo Pasto could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Colombia game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Independiente Medellin, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Deportivo Pasto.

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Junior FC form and stats

Junior FC have played 10 Liga BetPlay games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Junior FC drew their last game, 0-0 away at Union Magdalena. The goalie Mele was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.42 out of ten. Mele topped it up with a clean sheet.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Atletico Bucaramanga.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Junior matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats (from 10 games).

It should be noted that a glance at the 11 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Colombia game versus Cucuta Deportivo in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.

Junior FC have scored {8 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Junior FC have conceded only 5 goals.

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Deportivo Pasto form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Deportivo Pasto playing as the away team in the Liga BetPlay this season.

Two away matches in a row for Pasto, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 vs Independiente Medellin in the Copa Colombia.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Santa Fe in the Liga BetPlay.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Deportivo Pasto playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 3 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league matches have seen two or less goals.

The attacking power of Pasto when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Deportivo Pasto have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other previously this season, with the final score Deportivo Pasto - Junior 1-0 entered in the official records. Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Junior FC won two games, three matches ended in a draw and Deportivo Pasto have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo PastoE. López Gomez
E. López Gomez
9 goals
Junior FCV. Hernández Rivero
V. Hernández Rivero
3 goals
JuniorL. Sandoval Oyola
L. Sandoval Oyola
3 goals

Junior FC missing players

Deportivo Pasto missing players

Junior FC Deportivo Pasto
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 14 30
7 4 1 Won W 1 3 10
9 6 3 Drew D 0 4 11
8 2 0 Lost L 2 7 9
18 9 3 Scored S 3 12 32
20 7 2 Conceded C 4 18 28
88% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 83%
46% 42% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 60%
12% 8% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 30%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 17%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
33% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 43%
42% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 43%
38% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 30%
 
4.6 5.2 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.5 4.2
4.5 3.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.3 5.3
2.8 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.3 2.6
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12 15.1 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 12.9 13.9
3.7 4.7 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.4
20% 16% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 20% 24%
 
12.2 10.3 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 17.1 14.5
4.2 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.6 4.4
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Deportivo Pasto have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Liga BetPlay
  • Junior FC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Liga BetPlay
  • Junior FC have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Liga BetPlay
  • Junior FC have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Liga BetPlay
  • Junior FC have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Liga BetPlay

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rionegro Aguilas 20 11 6 3 32 21 10 8 2 0 20 7 10 3 4 3 12 14 11 39
2 Millonarios 20 10 8 2 30 18 10 7 3 0 19 9 10 3 5 2 11 9 12 38
3 Atletico Nacional 20 9 8 3 26 14 10 5 4 1 13 6 10 4 4 2 13 8 12 35
4 America de Cali 20 9 5 6 32 23 10 6 3 1 17 7 10 3 2 5 15 16 9 32
5 Boyaca Chico 20 7 9 4 24 18 10 6 4 0 16 5 10 1 5 4 8 13 6 30
6 Alianza Petrolera 20 9 3 8 27 22 10 8 0 2 19 9 10 1 3 6 8 13 5 30
7 Independiente Medellin 20 8 5 7 29 24 10 5 3 2 17 8 10 3 2 5 12 16 5 29
8 Deportivo Pasto 20 8 5 7 22 21 10 5 3 2 13 8 10 3 2 5 9 13 1 29
9 Junior FC 20 7 7 6 17 17 10 4 5 1 8 5 10 3 2 5 9 12 0 28
10 Santa Fe 20 7 5 8 29 25 10 6 1 3 17 6 10 1 4 5 12 19 4 26
11 La Equidad 20 5 11 4 20 17 10 5 4 1 14 7 10 0 7 3 6 10 3 26
12 Deportivo Pereira 20 6 7 7 24 25 10 4 4 2 16 13 10 2 3 5 8 12 -1 25
13 Deportes Tolima 20 5 9 6 23 26 10 5 3 2 15 11 10 0 6 4 8 15 -3 24
14 Deportivo Cali 20 5 8 7 20 26 10 3 6 1 10 7 10 2 2 6 10 19 -6 23
15 Atletico Bucaramanga 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 3 4 3 10 9 10 1 4 5 5 12 -6 20
16 Envigado 20 4 8 8 14 20 10 3 4 3 9 9 10 1 4 5 5 11 -6 20
17 Once Caldas 20 4 8 8 17 24 10 3 4 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 6 13 -7 20
18 Jaguares de Cordoba 20 4 7 9 16 26 10 4 4 2 13 9 10 0 3 7 3 17 -10 19
19 Union Magdalena 20 3 10 7 16 30 10 3 6 1 13 12 10 0 4 6 3 18 -14 19
20 Atletico Huila 20 5 3 12 20 35 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 2 0 8 9 21 -15 18