This league season has been strenuous for Deportivo Pereira up to now, while Junior FC have played well. Will the guests take a new scalp at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas?
- Deportivo Pereira haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Junior FC have the most scored goals (30) in Liga BetPlay
It's quite the trip for Junior FC when visiting Deportivo Pereira as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
The visiting Junior FC played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Colombia match. That game was also an away game, at Millonarios. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Deportivo Pereira form and stats
The story so far in the Liga BetPlay for Deportivo Pereira at their home stadium (Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Deportivo Pereira enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Atletico Bucaramanga's place. The match ended 3-1 with Castro, Ramirez and Berrío scoring. Castro has scored in three matches in a row. Outstanding! The gifted forward Castro bettered all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.62 out of 10. Castro scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
In the match before that, Pereira hosted Atletico Nacional and drew the game 1-1.The manager Mazo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Santa Fe in only three days.
Deportivo Pereira's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Junior FC form and stats
Junior FC have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Liga BetPlay, after 2-1-7 (10 played).
Two away matches in a row for Junior FC, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Millonarios in the Copa Colombia.
Prior to that result Junior FC won their away game at Jaguares de Cordoba in the Liga BetPlay. The scoreline was 2-0.A tale of few goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
A quick return to home after this game, as Junior are hosting Millonarios in the Liga BetPlay only three days away.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 12 goals have been conceded by Junior FC in these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other already this season, with the result Junior FC - Pereira 0-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Deportivo Pereira victories, three draws and five Junior FC wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. González Cova 9 goals |  C. Valencia Chaverra 8 goals | E. Cetré Angulo 7 goals |
Deportivo Pereira missing players
Junior FC missing players
| Deportivo Pereira | Junior FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 40 | 20 | 5 | Played | P | 7 | 23 | 46 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 14 | 17 |
| 47 | 23 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 59 |
| 47 | 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | 46 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 93% |
| 75% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 61% | 67% |
| 45% | 35% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 30% | 41% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | 17% |
| 5% | 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 57% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 35% | 48% |
| 22% | 25% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 30% | 33% |
| 25% | 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 43% | 26% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7.9 | 8.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 6.2 | 8.1 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 20% | 31% |
| 9.2 | 8.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
- Deportivo Pereira haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Junior FC have the most scored goals (30) 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 | Millonarios | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Atletico Nacional | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellin | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Junior FC | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Envigado | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 7 | La Equidad | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Santa Fe | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Once Caldas | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | America de Cali | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Cortulua | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 19 | Deportivo Cali | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Union Magdalena | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | -20 | 11 |
