Junior will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind América de Cali.
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 Junior and América de Cali.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for América de Cali, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Junior form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez as Junior have scored 8 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Liga BetPlay are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Junior drew their last game, 2-2 away at Atlético Nacional (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the home game against Deportivo Pasto that was lost 0-1.
The hometeam coach J. Comesaña López made a successful contribution in the game against Atlético Nacional, bringing on L. González who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
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 Junior have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost three.
There will be little rest for Junior after this match as they are travelling to Deportivo Pereira for a Liga BetPlay game in only four days.
Junior are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Junior have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
América de Cali form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for América de Cali so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from J. Pérez, L. Sánchez and C. Arrieta secured the home win 3-0 against Patriotas Boyacá in their previous game. A 1-1 draw at Envigado's stadium before that.
We have checked recent matches where América de Cali have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were five victories, two draws and seven defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Liga BetPlay trip to Atlético Nacional.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. América's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Junior wins - draws - América de Cali wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Borja Hernández 6 goals |  L. González Cova 2 goals |  D. Vergara Hernández 2 goals |
Junior missing players
América de Cali missing players
| Junior | América de Cali | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 46% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 70 | 43 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 32 | 77 |
| 35 | 22 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 18 | 41 |
| 34% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 49% |
- América de Cali have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- América de Cali have yet to win a game away.
- América de Cali haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Junior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Deportivo Pasto | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | América de Cali | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Atlético Nacional | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Deportivo Cali | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Once Caldas | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | La Equidad | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Junior | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Envigado | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Alianza Petrolera | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Rionegro Águilas | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Independiente Medellin | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Millonarios | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 18 | Boyacá Chicó | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 20 | Patriotas Boyacá | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 6 |