It's still early in the Primera A season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Junior - Once Caldas preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Once Caldas, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Junior form and stats
Perfect Liga BetPlay season at home so far for Junior 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Junior faced defeat in their previous match, away at Santa Fe (1-3). Ahead of that match, Junior won a home game hosting Independiente Medellín (1-0).
Junior has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Once Caldas form and stats
Only one away game in the Liga BetPlay so far for Once Caldas and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 4 losses from 10 travels.
Once Caldas delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Rionegro Aguilas (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Liga BetPlay game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Envigado at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Once Caldas have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Junior five wins, one draw and Once Caldas four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Borja Hernández 2 goals |   R. Ovelar Maldonado 2 goals |  C. Valencia Chaverra 1 goals |
Junior missing players
Once Caldas missing players
| Junior | Once Caldas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 9.5 |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 100% | 75% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 19% |
- Once Caldas has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
| Junior | Last season | Once Caldas | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 56 | 28 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 61 | 31 | Scored | S | 18 | 46 | ||
| 43 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 54% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 38% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 5% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 39% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 50% | ||
| 48% | 68% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 30% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 539 | 324 | Total Shots | T S | 203 | 473 | ||
| 209 | 116 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 164 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | ||
| 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 Pasto | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Alianza Petrolera | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Rionegro Aguilas | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | América de Cali | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Independiente Medellín | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Junior | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Deportes Tolima | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Once Caldas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Santa Fe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Deportivo Pereira | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Envigado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Boyacá Chicó | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Patriotas Boyacá | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | La Equidad | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Millonarios | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 19 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 20 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Junior | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |