2nd position in the Liga BetPlay table for Deportes Tolima so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Junior visits Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro.
- Deportes Tolima have not yet lost a game at home.
- Deportes Tolima have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Junior have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Junior have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Deportes Tolima form and stats
This stadium, Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro, has been a fortress for Deportes Tolima in the Liga BetPlay so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-1-0. Deportes has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro. We remember; it was Once Caldas.
The home team returns to Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro after being equal after 90 minutes with Deportivo Cali (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Liga BetPlay game ended 0-0. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Deportivo Cali.
This is expected to be a close game, with Deportes Tolima perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Deportes Tolima as a small favourite), we find nine games. Deportes Tolima has won five of these, drawn three and lost one.
There will be little rest for Deportes Tolima after this match as they are travelling to Envigado for a Liga BetPlay game in only three days.
Deportes Tolima have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Deportes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Junior form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Junior so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Junior's last three away games as they have all been lost.
M. Borja, J. Pajoy and F. Hinestroza scored in Junior's previous match, the home game against Deportivo Pereira that ended 3-0. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Caracas in the Copa Libertadores.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Junior in our archives, and the results are: one win for Junior, six draws and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Junior are hosting Santa Fe in the Liga BetPlay only three days away.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Junior have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Deportes Tolima one win, four draws and Junior five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Borja Hernández 5 goals |   A. Plata Guillén 4 goals | S. Mosquera Zapata 3 goals |
Deportes Tolima missing players
Junior missing players
| Deportes Tolima | Junior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.4 | 9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.3 | 7.8 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 39% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 33% |
- Deportes Tolima have not yet lost a game at home.
- Deportes Tolima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Deportes Tolima have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Junior have scored away.
- Deportes Tolima have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Deportes Tolima haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Junior have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Junior have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Junior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Nacional | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Santa Fe | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | La Equidad | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Millonarios | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Independiente Medellín | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Junior | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | América de Cali | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | Deportivo Pasto | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Envigado | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Rionegro Águilas | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Patriotas Boyaca | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Once Caldas | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Boyaca Chico | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Deportivo Pereira | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 7 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -20 | 3 |