Santa Fe have traveled here for an interesting Copa Libertadores fight against Junior. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Santa Fe could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera A game only four sleeps ago. That game, against La Equidad, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Santa Fe.
These teams have little in common geographically as Santa Fe have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Junior form and stats
Junior was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Copa Libertadores.Junior have performed here at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez this season with 5 wins from 9 Primera A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. This match is a Copa Libertadores match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Stress levels are on the rise for Junior's attacking players as they have now played 213 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. Moreno was their last goal scorer. The Junior goalkeeper Mario Sebastian Viera Galain is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 328 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera A.
Junior's last game was hosting Bolívar and winning 3-0. A 0-0 draw away in the Primera A before that, with Deportivo Pasto the opponent.
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 ten games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost three.
Junior are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Junior have conceded only 5 goals.
Santa Fe form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera A travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Momentum is building for Santa Fe in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Santa play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting La Equidad. A loss against Millonarios was the result prior to that, in a Primera A home game.
J. Caballero came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against La Equidad last time out, making the manager H. Rivera Roa feel like a tactical genius.
Santa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and six defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
Santa find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Junior three wins, four draws and Santa Fe three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Borja Hernández 6 goals |   K. Osorio Antury 6 goals |  T. Gutiérrez Roncancio 3 goals |
Junior missing players
Santa Fe missing players
| Junior | Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 35% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 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 | América 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 |