Atletico Nacional vs Independiente Medellin Prediction: El Clasico Paisa

The Medellin local derby will be played on the 15th of October much to the delight of most Colombian football fans. The two teams share the Estadio Atanasio Girardot stadium. Atletico Nacional last league match ended in a defeat away to Union Magdalena (2-1) while Independiente Medellin won against Atletico Huila (2-0).

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Atletico Nacional suffered a 2-1 defeat to Union Magdalena at the Estadio Sierra Nevada in Santa Marta. Five yellow cards were shown in the first half, three to Atletico Nacional and two to Union Magdalena. Union Magdalena were presented with a big chance from the penalty spot in the 36th minute when Nelson Deossa fouled Juan Angulo in the penalty area. Ricardo Marquez took the resulting spot kick and duly converted it to give Union Magdalena the lead. Atletico Nacional were presented with a big chance of their own when Jefferson Duque's parried header fell kindly for Juan Aguirre. However, Union Magdalena eventually won the game through an 87th minute strike from Gustavo Torres. He hit a right footed shot from the center of the box into the top right corner. Atletico Nacional have two wins, two losses and one draw in their last five league matches. They have scored nine goals and conceded seven goals across the five games.

Independiente Medellin won a high intensity match against Atletico Huila in the last league match to move up to third on the Clausura table. Independiente Medellin had a quick start to the match as they found the back of the net just three minutes into the game. Anderson Plata passed the ball to Luciano Pons at the right side of the box and he hit a right footed shot from six yards into the bottom left corner. Atletico Huila created a big chance in the half but they failed to convert it. Independiente Medellin also created three big chances in the first half and scored just one of them, which was a 36th minute penalty kick. Sebastian Hernandez handed the ball inside the box and Medellin was awarded a penalty. Edwin Cetre converted the penalty to go up 2-0. In the second half, Medellin had 62% of the possession and both sides created one big chance each that they missed. Independiente Medellin are unbeaten in their last five matches winning two and drawing three. They have scored nine goals and conceded five goals across the matches.

El Clasico Paisa is one of the most looked forward to matches as two of the best teams that share the same stadium go head to head. They sit in 3rd and 4th place with Independiente Medellin having 29 points and Atletico Nacional having 27 points. Independiente Medellin has a better form and are unbeaten in 13 league matches while Atletico Nacional has an advantage in Head to Head, winning 44% of the last 52 match-ups (23/52) while Independiente Medellin has just 12 wins (23%).