Deportivo Pasto vs Union Magdalena Prediction: Can Deportivo Pasto exploit the home advantage?

Union Magdalena will be making a trip down to Estadio Departamental Libertad in San Juan del Pasto for the 17th round of the Categoria Primera A Clausura to play against Deportivo Pasto. Deportivo Pasto lost their last match away to La Equidad (1-0) while Union Magdalena won theirs against Atletico Nacional (2-1).

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La Equidad totally outplayed Deportivo Pasto in round 16 of the league games as they strolled to an easy 1-0 win against them. While there was no goal in the first half, La Equidad established their dominance early on and had 61% of the possession and had 7 shots while Deportivo Pasto had just 39% possession and 4 shots in the first half. Three yellow cards were shown in the first half, all to La Equidad. The recipients include: Juan Mahecha, Jhonathan Caicedo and Johan Rojas. La Equidad made three changes to start the second half to further establish control and try to find a goal to crown their efforts. Things became even easier in the 56th minute when Edward Lopez was shown two consecutive yellow cards to bring the visitors down to 10 men. La Equidad had 74% of the possession in the second half with 12 shots taken while Deportivo Pasto had just 26% possession and took just one shot! Despite La Equidad's possession, it was Andres Correa that gave them the lead with a left footed shot from outside the box into the bottom left corner in the 86th minute. Deportivo Pasto has won two and lost three of their last five matches, scoring four goals and conceding six. 

Union Magdalena toughed out a 2-1 win against Atletico Nacional in the last round of league games. Both sides had a fair amount of possession with 46-54 and five yellow cards were shown in the first half. Two to Union Magdalena and three to Atletico Nacional. The first goal came from Union Magdalena in the 36th minute. Nelson Deossa fouled Juan Angulo inside the box and Ricardo Marquez perfectly converted the spot kick. Juan Arguirre equalized for Atletico Nacional in the 56th minute with a header from very close range. However, it was Gustavo Torres that won the game for Union Magdalena with a solo right footed shot into the top right corner in the 87th minute. Union Magdalena has two wins, two losses and one draw in the last five matches. They have scored and conceded nine goals across the matches.

Both sides are mid-table sides with Union Magdalena sitting in 11th place with 21 points from 15 games while Deportivo is placed 12th with 20 points. Deportivo Pasto has a slight advantage because they are at home although Union Magdalena have scored more goals than Union Magdalena in the league (17-12).