Deportivo Cali prepare for this following their 2-1 result versus Atletico Nacional, a match they learned a lot from. Will they show it against Junior?
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 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Deportivo Cali form and stats
The complete Liga BetPlay stats playing at home this season for Deportivo Cali are 3-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). Cali has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Deportivo Cali, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A strong away win for Cali against Atletico Nacional the last match, as Preciado (2) were on target. Midfield player Harold Preciado got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Preciado scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match, Deportivo Cali won a home game hosting Atletico Nacional (3-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cali have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won four times, drawn seven and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cali as they are travelling to their away game against Deportivo Pereira in the Liga BetPlay. That match is three days after this one.
Deportivo Cali aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Deportivo Cali in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Deportivo Cali have conceded only 6 goals.
Junior form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga BetPlay matches, Junior have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far. It's been quite an interesting succession of draws for Junior when travelling, as their previous four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Millonarios fixture has the points been all taken by one team.
Junior go into this game after a win, the home game against Deportivo Pereira that ended 3-0. Midfielder Edwuin Cetre was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.82. Cetre scored two goals, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 33 total).
Before that, Junior travelled to Deportivo Pereira and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.We have checked recent matches where Junior have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were two victories, five draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Atletico Nacional in just three days.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Junior as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Junior - Deportivo Cali 2-2 was the result in these squads' previous H2H game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Deportivo Cali two wins, four draws and Junior four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Preciado Villarreal 10 goals |  L. González Cova 9 goals |  C. Valencia Chaverra 8 goals |
Deportivo Cali missing players
Junior missing players
| Deportivo Cali | Junior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 44 | 22 | 6 | Played | P | 8 | 23 | 46 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 57 | 25 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 60 |
| 43 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 91% | 86% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 87% | 87% |
| 68% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 70% |
| 39% | 27% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 12% | 30% | 41% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 17% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 4% | 7% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 61% | 54% |
| 32% | 41% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 37% |
| 25% | 23% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 22% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6.8 | 6 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 36% | 35% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | 34% |
| 5.8 | 4 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | La Equidad | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Junior | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | America de Cali | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellin | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Boyaca Chico | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Once Caldas | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Envigado | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Rionegro Aguilas | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 14 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -29 | 6 |