Deportivo Cali will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Junior.
It's no vacation for neither Deportivo Cali nor Junior as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Junior when visiting Deportivo Cali as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Deportivo Cali form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Deportivo Cali have scored 10 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Deportivo Cali bring valid hopes of a third.Deportivo Cali are returning here after visiting América de Cali in a Primera A game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Deportivo Cali won a home game hosting Guarani (1-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Deportivo Cali perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Deportivo Cali as a small favourite), we find seven games. Deportivo Cali has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Deportivo Cali as they are travelling to their away game against Santa Fe in the Primera A. That match is three days after this one.
Deportivo Cali are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 10 goals in 7 matches. Deportivo Cali are not conceding a lot of goals here, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Junior form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Junior playing as the away team this season.There were no winners in Junior's previous match, a Primera A home game that ended 0-0 vs Atletico Nacional. A 0-3 defeat away at Palmeiras before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 48 similar matches played by Junior in our archives, and the results are: 11 wins for Junior, 17 draws and 20 defeats.
A new game in only four days for Junior, the Primera A home match versus Deportivo Pasto. Busy days.
Junior has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 11 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Junior have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Deportivo Cali 4 wins, 2 draws and Junior 4 victories.Deportivo Cali missing players
Junior missing players
| Deportivo Cali | Junior | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | Played | 7 | 15 |
| 17 | 10 | Scored | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 5 | Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 86% | Over 1.5 | 71% | 67% |
| 27% | 29% | Over 2.5 | 43% | 40% |
| 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 29% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 14% | 13% |
| 40% | 57% | Both teams to score | 71% | 60% |
| 33% | 29% | Clean Sheet | 29% | 40% |
| 33% | 14% | Failed To Score | 0% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | 3 | 3.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.1 | Corners Against (avg) | 6.9 | 4.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 2 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 3 |
- Deportivo Cali hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Junior is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Deportivo Cali is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
- Junior has scored in all of their 7 away matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Millonarios | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Junior | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Deportivo Pasto | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | América de Cali | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Deportivo Cali | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | Once Caldas | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Unión Magdalena | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Patriotas Boyacá | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Atlético Nacional | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Independiente Medellín | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 14 | La Equidad | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Alianza Petrolera | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 17 | Envigado | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 18 | Atlético Huila | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 19 | Santa Fe | 15 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Rionegro Águilas | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
