Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Junior welcomes Unión Magdalena

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Competition: Colombia Primera A
Date: Sat 07.September
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez (49612 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Junior fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Unión Magdalena.

The visiting Unión Magdalena played their last game only three days ago, a Primera A match.

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Junior form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Junior, who have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Primera A, have to build on here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in the Primera A.

Junior manager J. Comesaña and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Atlético Bucaramanga (placed 14th) in the Primera A. A Copa Colombia defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Deportivo Cali.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Junior matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from four games).

Junior has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. Defensively Junior have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Unión Magdalena form and stats

Unión Magdalena are still without points from their Primera A away games. 4 games, 4 defeats. Bitter travels for Unión Magdalena as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Atlético Bucaramanga.

Unión Magdalena are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Primera A against Millonarios (placed 4th). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Cúcuta Deportivo.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Unión Magdalena playing away, we found three games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Unión Magdalena's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 4 matches. For Unión Magdalena, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Junior - Unión Magdalena 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Junior victories, 7 draws and 0 Unión Magdalena wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Narváez
6 goals / 1 assists
R. Márquez
5 goals / 2 assists
L. Arias
5 goals / 3 assists

Junior missing players

Unión Magdalena missing players

Junior Unión Magdalena
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
37 18 4 Played 5 17 35
13 7 3 Won 1 2 10
17 9 1 Drew 1 4 9
7 2 0 Lost 3 11 16
37 18 7 Scored 2 9 33
29 9 2 Conceded 7 30 50
78% 72% 75% Over 0.5 100% 100% 97%
51% 44% 50% Over 1.5 60% 71% 71%
24% 17% 50% Over 2.5 20% 35% 37%
14% 11% 25% Over 3.5 0% 24% 23%
8% 6% 25% Over 4.5 0% 0% 3%
41% 33% 25% BTTS 20% 41% 46%
43% 56% 75% Clean Sheets 20% 12% 26%
38% 39% 25% Failed To Score 60% 47% 31%
 
3.8 4.7 4.8 Corners For (avg) 3 4.2 4.5
4.6 2.7 3.8 Corners Against (avg) 4.8 4.4 4.3
2.4 2.4 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 3.3 3.3
8 5 2 Red Cards 1 3 6
Key stats this season:
  • Junior have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unión Magdalena have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Unión Magdalena haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Junior
All Copa Colombia Copa Libertadores Primera A Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
18-08-19 PA Junior 1 - 0 Santa Fe
21-08-19 PA Envigado 0 - 0 Junior
24-08-19 PA Junior 0 - 1 Once Caldas
30-08-19 CC Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Junior
01-09-19 PA Atlético Bucaramanga 0 - 0 Junior
07-09-19 PA Junior 22:00 Unión Magdalena
13-09-19 CC Junior 01:15 Deportivo Cali
16-09-19 PA Atletico Huila 01:00 Junior
22-09-19 PA Junior - Jaguares de Cordoba
29-09-19 PA Unión Magdalena - Junior
Unión Magdalena
All Copa Colombia Primera A Primera B
All Home Away
10-08-19 PA Unión Magdalena 2 - 0 Deportivo Cali
18-08-19 PA Atletico Nacional 3 - 1 Unión Magdalena
24-08-19 PA Deportivo Pasto 2 - 0 Unión Magdalena
31-08-19 PA Unión Magdalena 1 - 2 Cúcuta Deportivo
04-09-19 PA Unión Magdalena 2 - 1 Millonarios
07-09-19 PA Junior 22:00 Unión Magdalena
14-09-19 PA Unión Magdalena 20:15 Deportes Tolima
22-09-19 PA Alianza Petrolera - Unión Magdalena
29-09-19 PA Unión Magdalena - Junior
02-10-19 PA Patriotas Boyaca - Unión Magdalena

  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 Alianza Petrolera 9 5 3 1 9 5 4 3 1 0 5 2 5 2 2 1 4 3 4 18
2 Atlético Nacional 9 4 5 0 16 7 5 3 2 0 13 5 4 1 3 0 3 2 9 17
3 Deportivo Cali 9 5 2 2 14 7 5 4 1 0 10 1 4 1 1 2 4 6 7 17
4 Millonarios 9 5 2 2 14 11 5 4 0 1 9 6 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 17
5 América de Cali 9 5 2 2 11 10 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 3 0 2 6 7 1 17
6 Cúcuta Deportivo 9 4 3 2 12 12 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 2 1 2 7 9 0 15
7 Deportes Tolima 9 4 2 3 11 5 4 2 1 1 6 1 5 2 1 2 5 4 6 14
8 Patriotas Boyacá 9 3 4 2 11 8 4 3 0 1 7 1 5 0 4 1 4 7 3 13
9 Once Caldas 9 3 4 2 10 8 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 13
10 Envigado 9 3 3 3 12 12 5 2 3 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 2 6 0 12
11 Rionegro Águilas 9 3 3 3 11 14 4 2 0 2 3 5 5 1 3 1 8 9 -3 12
12 Junior 9 3 2 4 3 5 4 2 0 2 2 2 5 1 2 2 1 3 -2 11
13 Deportivo Pasto 8 2 4 2 11 9 4 2 2 0 7 1 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 10
14 Atlético Bucaramanga 9 2 4 3 6 6 5 1 2 2 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 10
15 Independiente Medellín 9 3 1 5 12 13 4 2 0 2 8 4 5 1 1 3 4 9 -1 10
16 Unión Magdalena 9 2 2 5 7 12 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 0 0 4 1 8 -5 8
17 Jaguares de Córdoba 9 1 5 3 6 12 5 1 4 0 4 3 4 0 1 3 2 9 -6 8
18 Atlético Huila 9 1 4 4 8 16 5 1 3 1 7 7 4 0 1 3 1 9 -8 7
19 Santa Fe 9 1 2 6 3 10 4 1 1 2 3 3 5 0 1 4 0 7 -7 5
20 La Equidad 8 1 1 6 8 13 4 1 1 2 3 3 4 0 0 4 5 10 -5 4

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