Only the second game in the Liga BetPlay for these teams and it's all to play for here at Estadio Palogrande as Once Caldas welcomes Junior. Check out this preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Junior when visiting Caldas as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Once Caldas form and stats
Caldas manager E. Lara Lozano and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Deportes Tolima (placed 7th) in the Liga BetPlay. Before that, Once Caldas played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Millonarios (after extra-time, 7-6 on penalties).
Junior form and stats
Junior go into this game after a win, the home game against Independiente Medellin that ended 1-0. Prior to that match, the Junior manager J. Pazo faced defeat when travelling to Independiente Medellin and losing 1-2.
Let's have a look at how Junior performed last season in the Liga BetPlay: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 2 and conceded 0 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 1/0 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Caldas wins - draws - Junior wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Gutiérrez Roncancio 1 goals |
Once Caldas missing players
Junior missing players
| Once Caldas | Junior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 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 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Once Caldas | Last season | Junior | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 83% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 79% | ||
| 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 58% | ||
| 29% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 21% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 46% | ||
| 33% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 46% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3 | ||
| 31% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Nacional | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Cali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Junior | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Millonarios | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Deportivo Pasto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | La Equidad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Once Caldas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Envigado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Independiente Medellin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Santa Fe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |