The Junior manager J. Comesana Lopez attacks this game with the team placed 2nd so far. In the visitors dressing room Independiente Medellin and their manager A. Bobadilla are in 3rd place before this match.
It's no vacation for neither Junior nor Independiente Medellín 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 have only played one Primera A game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 3 matches.
Junior manager J. Comesaña López and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Deportivo Cali (placed 3rd) in the Primera A. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against La Equidad.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Junior have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Junior at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
One match played away so far in the Primera A for Independiente Medellín and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 10 games.
Independiente Medellín had fun at their own home (Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez) last time out, beating Rionegro Águilas 2-1. J. Reina scored. Before that, Independiente Medellín travelled to Deportes Tolima and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
We have checked recent matches where Independiente Medellín have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were Wzero-Dfour-Lfour.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Deportivo Tachira in just three days.
2 goals so far away for Independiente Medellín, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Junior won seven games, one match ended with a draw and Independiente Medellín has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  M. Borja Hernández 1 goals |  T. Gutiérrez Roncancio 1 goals |   Y. Gómez Mosquera 1 goals |
Junior missing players
Independiente Medellín missing players
| Junior | Independiente Medellín | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 5.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| Junior | Last season | Independiente Medellín | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 56 | 28 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 61 | 31 | Scored | S | 23 | 62 | ||
| 43 | 12 | Conceded | C | 30 | 50 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 54% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 30% | ||
| 5% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | ||
| 39% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | ||
| 48% | 68% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 15% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 539 | 324 | Total Shots | T S | 214 | 452 | ||
| 209 | 116 | Shots on Target | S O | 84 | 178 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | América de Cali | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Junior | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Independiente Medellín | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Envigado | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Rionegro Águilas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pasto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Boyacá Chicó | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Alianza Petrolera | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Once Caldas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Santa Fe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Millonarios | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Patriotas Boyacá | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | La Equidad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Deportivo Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Junior | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |