A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Santa Fe and Junior FC know what's at stake in this second leg of the Copa Betplay Round of 16 clash.
It's quite the trip for Junior FC when visiting Santa Fe as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Santa Fe and Junior FC.
Santa Fe form and stats
Last season their Copa Betplay adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Santa Fe have played 10 Primera A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Santa, facing Deportivo Cali in a game that ended 1-1. Moreno (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Moreno hit three key passes.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Jaguares de Cordoba.This is expected to be a close game, with Santa Fe perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Santa Fe as a small favourite), we find nine games. Santa Fe has won three of these, drawn two and lost four.
There will be little rest for Santa Fe after this match as they are travelling to Once Caldas for a Primera A game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Santa in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Santa Fe have conceded only 9 goals.
Junior FC form and stats
They also participated in Copa Betplay last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Deportivo Pereira drew the shortest straw.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Junior FC so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Junior FC, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Cortulua. Velasco was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.62. The defender Velasco hit two key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Junior playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Junior FC wins, four draws and six defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Jaguares de Cordoba in just three days.
The attacking power of Junior FC when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Junior FC in these games.
Head 2 Head
Junior FC - Santa 2-1 was the story when these sides last did battle, some time ago this season. Last ten meetings with these participants: Santa Fe won two, Junior FC were winners in three and we saw five draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  L. González Cova 9 goals |  M. Borja Hernández 8 goals |  C. Valencia Chaverra 8 goals |
Santa Fe missing players
Junior FC missing players
| Santa Fe | Junior FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 30% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 35% | ||
| 6.8 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportes Tolima | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Atletico Nacional | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Junior FC | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | Independiente Medellín | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Envigado | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Alianza Petrolera | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | La Equidad | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Once Caldas | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -9 | 24 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | Deportivo Pasto | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | America de Cali | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Cortulua | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 18 | Patriotas Boyaca | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | Deportivo Cali | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 20 | Union Magdalena | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -19 | 11 |
