After the first game it's Cucuta Deportivo - Junior 0-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Primera A game of the season?
Junior could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera A game only four sleeps ago.
Cúcuta Deportivo form and stats
Hopes of three in a row are alive for Cúcuta Deportivo after consecutive victories at their own ground.
In their previous game, the manager G. Sanguinetti led his Cúcuta Deportivo to a defeat in the Primera A match away at Atlético Nacional. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio General Santander. 0-0 away at Junior before that.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Cúcuta Deportivo as they have a new game in only three days, a Primera A match thankfully also at home. Deportes Tolima are visiting.
Last season, Cúcuta Deportivo's league statistics were 21 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 1st position in the Primera B. Over these 30 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season Cúcuta Deportivo managed 11-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 8 conceded.
Junior form and stats
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primera A home defeat versus Deportes Tolima with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Cúcuta Deportivo.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Junior manager J. Comesaña as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Atlético Nacional.
Let's have a look at how Junior performed last season in the Primera A: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 10/10 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Junior - Cúcuta Deportivo 0-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cúcuta Deportivo 3 wins, 3 draws and Junior 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Agudelo 13 goals |  C. Valencia 9 goals |   L. Narváez 9 goals |
Cúcuta Deportivo missing players
Junior missing players
| Cúcuta Deportivo | Junior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 41 | 20 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 24 | 49 |
| 17 | 11 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 11 | 21 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 54 | 34 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 23 | 51 |
| 58 | 25 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 24 | 36 |
| 98% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 80% |
| 83% | 90% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 58% | 51% |
| 54% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 6% |
| 63% | 70% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 39% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 49% |
| 22% | 5% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 4.9 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
- Cúcuta Deportivo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cúcuta Deportivo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Junior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Junior have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Junior 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 | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Junior | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |