Rionegro Águilas want to get a lot of fans in for this fixture despite that the season has been grim so far with 14 points and a 18th place in the Liga BetPlay table. Guests Junior are in 7th place with 29 pts.
- Rionegro Águilas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Liga BetPlay.
Rionegro Águilas form and stats
Rionegro Águilas's struggle is real here at Estadio Alberto Grisales with only 5 points collected from 9 Liga BetPlay games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-5-4.
The Rionegro supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Atletico Bucaramanga in Liga BetPlay and win 3-0. Christian Marrugo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.45/10. Marrugo scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Once Caldas and winning 3-2.Rionegro have scored 6 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Junior form and stats
3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Junior in their Liga BetPlay matches away. The guesting team now have four successive draws when involved in away games.
Junior won their last game, 3-0 versus Atletico Huila played at home. Midfielder Luis Daniel Gonzalez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Gonzalez served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Atletico Nacional.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Junior as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other earlier this season: Junior - Rionegro Águilas 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Rionegro Águilas wins - draws - Junior wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Marrugo Rodríguez 5 goals | C. Arias Moros 5 goals |   C. Valencia Chaverra 5 goals |
Rionegro Águilas missing players
Junior missing players
| Rionegro Águilas | Junior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 26 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 40 |
| 36 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 29 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 81% | 84% |
| 71% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 56% | 66% |
| 39% | 43% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 25% | 38% |
| 14% | 14% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 12% | 19% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 44% | 47% |
| 25% | 21% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 41% |
| 36% | 36% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 44% | 28% |
| 4.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 6.4 | 7.1 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 26% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 22% | 34% |
- Rionegro Águilas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rionegro Águilas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | La Equidad | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Junior | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | America de Cali | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellin | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Boyaca Chico | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Once Caldas | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Envigado | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Rionegro Águilas | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 14 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -29 | 6 |