Nervous top table cliff-hanger as Millonarios have come the 621 miles necessary to meet Junior FC at their Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.
- Junior FC have the most scored goals (30) in Liga BetPlay
- Millonarios have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Liga BetPlay
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The hosts Junior FC saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Liga BetPlay. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Deportivo Pasto.
Junior FC form and stats
Junior FC have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga BetPlay with 8 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss.
In their previous game, the manager López led his Junior to a defeat away at Deportivo Pasto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez. Midfield player González got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, the max score being 10. González scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
In the game before, a fine away win at Union Magdalena (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties). A Copa Colombia match. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Junior FC have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Junior are traveling soon after this match as the Liga BetPlay match at Alianza Petrolera awaits in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Junior FC are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 10 league matches. Junior FC are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Millonarios form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga BetPlay.
Millonarios play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Once Caldas. That defeat stopped this club's string of league matches in a row without losing; ten games in all! Midfield player Cataño was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Cataño served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).
One match before, 2-2 at home vs Independiente Medellin in the Copa Colombia. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Millonarios playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 6 Millonarios wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Millonarios are hosting America de Cali in the Liga BetPlay only three days away.
Millonarios have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Millonarios as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H meeting ended Millonarios - Junior FC 0-0, played this season. Viafara (Junior FC) was sent off by the referee when these teams last met. Junior FC-Millonarios H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Junior four wins, Millonarios four wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. González Cova 9 goals |  C. Valencia Chaverra 8 goals | E. Cetré Angulo 7 goals |
Junior FC missing players
Millonarios missing players
| Junior FC | Millonarios | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 19 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 37 |
| 16 | 14 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 51 | 38 | 14 | Scored | S | 4 | 25 | 47 |
| 41 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 24 |
| 92% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 81% |
| 71% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 47% | 58% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 35% |
| 21% | 37% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 11% |
| 5% | 11% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| 53% | 63% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 29% | 37% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 39% | 57% |
| 26% | 5% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | 27% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.6 | 9.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 7 | 8 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 41% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 29% |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.8 | 5.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
- Junior FC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Junior FC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Junior FC have the most scored goals (22) at home in Liga BetPlay
- Junior FC have the most scored goals (30) in Liga BetPlay
- Millonarios have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Millonarios have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Liga BetPlay
- Millonarios have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Liga BetPlay
- Millonarios have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga BetPlay
- Millonarios have the most clean sheets (21) in Liga BetPlay
- Millonarios have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Liga BetPlay
- Millonarios have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | Cortuluá | 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 |
