This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Fluminense at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Junior with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Fluminense have less rest than Junior in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Carioca 1 game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Flamengo, was also a home game here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho. The away team is better rested.
Fluminense form and stats
On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Fluminense has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Fluminense drew their last game, also a home match. Flamengo was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Previous to that game, a Copa Libertadores home match hosting Santa Fe in a game that was won 2-1.There will be little rest for Fluminense after this match as they are travelling to Flamengo for a Carioca 1 game in only four days.
Junior form and stats
Junior's mission in Copa Libertadores last season failed in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera A travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses both home and away. Two points from the last two away games for Junior, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
There were no winners in Junior's previous match, a Copa Libertadores home game that ended 1-1 vs River Plate (placed 2nd). Attacker Miguel Borja got a player rating of 7.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Borja scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Fluminense.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Junior are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Junior - Fluminense 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Borja Hernández 8 goals |  T. Gutiérrez Roncancio 3 goals |  M. Viera Galain 2 goals |
Fluminense missing players
Junior missing players
| Fluminense | Junior | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fluminense | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | River Plate | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Junior | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Santa Fe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Nacional | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | La Equidad | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Junior | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | America de Cali | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellin | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Boyaca Chico | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Once Caldas | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Envigado | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Rionegro Aguilas | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 14 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -29 | 6 |