Junior FC battle La Equidad for acclaim and sporting success.
- Junior FC have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Liga BetPlay
It's quite the trip for La Equidad when visiting Junior as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Junior FC form and stats
Two Liga BetPlay home games so far for Junior FC, who are yet to win here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez. Only 2 points so far.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 300 minutes without scoring a league goal. Bacca was the last player to find the net.
Junior FC faced defeat in their previous match, away at Deportivo Pasto (0-1). Junior FC's goalkeeper Viera was extremely busy against Deportivo Pasto, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfielder Quintero was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.32 (out of ten) in that game. Quintero hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Union Magdalena that ended 0-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Junior matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from 7 games).
Sports bettors who prefer looking for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this club have played 5 league fixtures in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).
Junior FC has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
La Equidad form and stats
Things could have gone better for La Equidad in their Liga BetPlay away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Santa Fe with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Defender Bueno was the best team player with a rating of 7.31. Bueno hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
Before that, La Equidad secured a home win against Independiente Medellin with the score 2-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Equidad playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 2 home wins.
La Equidad have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Junior FC have won or drawn the last 5 games (3-2-0) facing La Equidad.Top Goalscorers
  L. González Cova 9 goals |  P. Lima Gualco 7 goals |  F. Hinestroza Arias 4 goals |
Junior FC missing players
La Equidad missing players
| Junior FC | La Equidad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| 5.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 9.2 |
| 4.6 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 12.8 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.5 | 11.5 |
| 4.6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
- Junior FC have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Liga BetPlay
| Junior FC | Last season | La Equidad | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 52 | 26 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 21 | 16 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 10 | 19 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 64 | 44 | Scored | S | 28 | 56 | ||
| 57 | 26 | Conceded | C | 28 | 51 | ||
| 92% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 65% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 33% | ||
| 19% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 17% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 13% | ||
| 46% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 59% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 28% | ||
| 31% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 22% | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 7 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | America de Cali | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Boyaca Chico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Rionegro Aguilas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Envigado | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Millonarios | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Deportivo Pasto | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pereira | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Atletico Nacional | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | La Equidad | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Deportes Tolima | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Santa Fe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Union Magdalena | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Alianza Petrolera | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Junior FC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Deportivo Cali | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Independiente Medellin | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 19 | Once Caldas | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 20 | Atletico Huila | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
