Junior and Atlético Nacional are both riding high in the Primera A with their 4th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
It's no vacation for neither Junior nor Atlético Nacional 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.
Junior form and stats
Junior, who have the most clean sheets (25) in Primera A, are steadily winning Primera A games and points here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez. 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
Junior's previous game was a Primera A match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Atlético Nacional. The home side are looking to build on that result. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Atlético Nacional the opponent.
Junior are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. As for guarding their own goal, Junior have only let in 2 goals at home.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Primera A, are W4-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Primera A. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Atlético Nacional have lost on their last two travels.
Atlético Nacional play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Junior. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Junior.
Atlético Nacional are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Atlético Nacional as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Junior - Atlético Nacional 2-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Junior won 3 games, 5 matches ended with a draw and Atlético Nacional has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 8Top Goalscorers
  H. Barcos 11 goals |  V. Hernández 10 goals |  P. Ceppelini 10 goals |
Junior missing players
Atlético Nacional missing players
| Junior | Atlético Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 52 | 26 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 25 | 50 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 58 | 30 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 24 | 65 |
| 39 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 52 |
| 81% | 77% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 76% | 84% |
| 54% | 46% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 60% | 62% |
| 29% | 23% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | 46% |
| 15% | 12% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | 28% |
| 6% | 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | 10% |
| 40% | 27% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | 54% |
| 48% | 65% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 32% | 34% |
| 31% | 31% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 40% | 28% |
| 3.9 | 5 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 512 | 307 | 75 | Total Shots | T S | 67 | 242 | 597 |
| 198 | 112 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 93 | 232 |
| 29% | 27% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 24% | 27% |
- Atlético Nacional has the most dropped points from leading position (27)
- Atlético Nacional has the most points (17) away
- Atlético Nacional has the the best goal difference (+13)
- Atlético Nacional has the the best goal difference (+5) away
- Atlético Nacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Junior has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
- Junior has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Junior has the most clean sheets (17) at home
- Junior has the most clean sheets (25)
- Junior has the most matches under the total-line (28)
- Junior have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Junior 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 | Atlético Nacional | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | América de Cali | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 35 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Junior | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Santa Fe | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Cucuta Deportivo | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellin | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Once Caldas | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 11 | Millonarios | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 12 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Patriotas Boyaca | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Envigado | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 17 | La Equidad | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Atletico Huila | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 24 | -23 | 15 |
| 20 | Union Magdalena | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | -14 | 14 |