Alianza Petrolera vs Tolima Prediction: Can Alianza Petrolera take advantage of playing at home?

Alianza Petrolera and Tolima will be going Head to Head in the 18th round of the Categoria Primera A Clausura at the Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata. Alianza Petrolera was completely blown away in their last league match which came against Rionegro Aguilas (3-0) while Tolima miraculously secured a 1-0 win at home to Santa Fe (1-0).

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Rionegro Aguilas proved why they are the league leaders and put three goals past Alianza Petrolera in the last round of games. The first goal of the match came early as a moment of brilliance from Jesus RIvas put Rionegro Aguilas ahead in the 5th minute. Jhon Salazar passed him the ball and he hit a left footed shot from outside the box into the top right corner. Rionegro Aguilas wasted no time and went up 2-0 ten minutes later. Jhon Salazar created a big chance for Marco Perez that he duly converted with a right footed finish from very close range into the bottom left corner. Alianza Petrolera received two yellow cards later in the first half for bad fouls. Despite making a few changes in the second half to try and get back into the game, Alianza Petrolera shot themselves in the leg by conceding a penalty. Wilson Morelo took the resulting PK and converted it into the bottom left corner. Alianza Petrolera have two wins, two losses and one draw across its last five league matches, scoring just three goals and conceding five.

A first half own goal from Sante Fe was all Tolima needed to secure all three points against Sante Fe in the last round of league games. Tolima held 60% of the possession in the first half and relatively controlled the game. Two yellow cards were shown in the first half, one each to both teams. Tolima’s quest for a goal ended up as an own goal from Sante Fe, as Jose Aja turned the ball into his own net in the 37th minute. Eduardo Sosa won a free kick on the left wing and the resulting set-piece was unfortunately turned in by Jose Aja. Sante Fe made a substitution to start the second half in hopes of turning things around. They played better in the second half, having 56% of the possession and attempting 9 shots and limiting Tolima to just three but they still could not find an equalizer. Tolima has lost just one of its last five matches, winning the remaining four. They scored five goals and conceded just two across the five matches.

The match is going to be a tough one and whoever scores a goal first is likely going to be the winners of the tie. Tolima have been in very good form and have conceded in just one of their last four matches. However, Alianza Petrolera’s home advantage can’t be ignored.