It's still early in the Primera A season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Junior - Once Caldas preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Once Caldas have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Junior form and stats
As mentioned below, Junior are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Primera A games.
In their previous game, the manager J. Comesaña López led his Junior to a defeat in the Primera A match away at Santa Fe. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Independiente Medellín.
At Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Junior has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Once Caldas form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Primera A, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 10 matches.
Once Caldas's last game was the home draw against Rionegro Águilas (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Envigado with the score of 1-0.
Once Caldas have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Junior five wins, one draw and Once Caldas four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Borja Hernández 2 goals |   R. Ovelar Maldonado 2 goals |  C. Valencia Chaverra 1 goals |
Junior missing players
Once Caldas missing players
| Junior | Once Caldas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 9.5 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 100% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 19% |
| Junior | Last season | Once Caldas | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 56 | 28 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 61 | 31 | Scored | S | 18 | 46 | ||
| 43 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 54% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 38% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 5% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 39% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 50% | ||
| 48% | 68% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 30% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 539 | 324 | Total Shots | T S | 203 | 473 | ||
| 209 | 116 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 164 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Pasto | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | América de Cali | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Independiente Medellín | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Rionegro Águilas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Junior | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Atlético Nacional | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Once Caldas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Alianza Petrolera | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Deportes Tolima | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Santa Fe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Deportivo Pereira | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Envigado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Boyacá Chicó | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | La Equidad | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyacá | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Millonarios | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 19 | Cucuta Deportivo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 20 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| 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 | Cucuta Deportivo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |