Liga BetPlay prediction and preview: Junior modest favorites to beat Deportivo Cali

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Thu 18.February
Match begins: 01:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez (46692 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Junior - Deportivo Cali!

Insights:
  • Junior has the most points from losing position (4) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportivo Cali has the fewest conceded goals (1) in Liga BetPlay

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.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Deportivo Cali, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

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Junior form and stats

As mentioned below, Junior are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Liga BetPlay games.

Junior drew their last game, 2-2 away at Envigado (placed 16th). Before that, Junior had a home game versus Alianza Petrolera which ended with a victory 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Junior handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, four draws and three defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Junior as they are travelling to their away game against Boyaca Chico in the Liga BetPlay. That match is three days after this one.

Junior have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez with 5 goals in 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Junior have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Deportivo Cali form and stats

Deportivo Cali are yet to lose a point on their Liga BetPlay travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Deportivo Cali goalkeeper Guillermo Rafael De Amores Ravelo is eager to challenge this, with his 302 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The supporters enjoyed Cali's previous game versus Rionegro Águilas (placed 13th), a Liga BetPlay 1-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Patriotas Boyaca.

J. Ramos came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Rionegro Águilas last time out, making the manager A. Arias Sánchez feel like a tactical genius.

We have checked recent matches where Cali have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were two victories, five draws and five defeats.

Cali are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Cali are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 0 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Junior six wins, two draws and Deportivo Cali two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

JuniorM. Borja Hernández
M. Borja Hernández
3 goals
JuniorT. Gutiérrez Roncancio
T. Gutiérrez Roncancio
2 goals
Deportivo CaliA. Palavecino
A. Palavecino
2 goals

Junior missing players

Deportivo Cali missing players

Junior Deportivo Cali
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 0 3 6
4 3 0 Won W 0 3 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 5 0 Scored S 0 3 6
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 17%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 17%
33% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 83%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.2 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.3 9.8
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4
38% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 25%
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Deportivo Cali has the fewest conceded goals (1) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportivo Cali has the most clean sheets (3) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportivo Cali has the most clean sheets (5) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportivo Cali has the most matches under the total-line (6) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportivo Cali has the most points (9) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportivo Cali has the the best goal difference (+3) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportivo Cali have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Deportivo Cali have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Deportivo Cali have won all their away games so far.
  • Deportivo Cali haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Deportivo Cali is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Junior has the most points from losing position (4) in Liga BetPlay
  • Junior has the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Liga BetPlay
  • Junior have won all their matches at home so far.
  • 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 Deportivo Cali 6 5 1 0 6 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 5 16
2 Junior 6 4 1 1 9 5 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 13
3 Santa Fe 5 4 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 3 2 4 12
4 La Equidad 6 3 2 1 5 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 11
5 Atletico Nacional 5 3 1 1 9 3 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 6 10
6 Millonarios 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 3 0 0 8 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 10
7 Deportes Tolima 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 8
8 Jaguares de Cordoba 5 2 1 2 5 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
9 Independiente Medellin 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 7
10 Deportivo Pasto 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
11 Once Caldas 5 1 2 2 8 8 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 5
12 America de Cali 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 5
13 Rionegro Águilas 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 -2 5
14 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 1 2 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -2 5
15 Patriotas Boyaca 5 1 1 3 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 -2 4
16 Envigado 6 0 3 3 5 9 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 2 5 -4 3
17 Alianza Petrolera 5 0 2 3 3 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 2
18 Deportivo Pereira 6 0 2 4 7 13 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 6 10 -6 2
19 Boyaca Chico 5 0 1 4 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 5 -6 1