Deportivo Pereira vs Aguilas Doradas Prediction: Can Deportivo Pereira achieve the 1st place on this round?

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Primera A - Apertura, Deportivo Pereira will face Aguilas Doradas at Stadium Hernán Ramírez Villegas in Pereira. The home side head here after a win (0-2) against Patriotas. The visitors arrive here after a loss (0-2), against Junior Barranquilla.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Deportivo Pereira team arrives at this game after a 2-0 win against Patriotas. Contrary to expectations, it would be the Patriotas team who would dominate much of the match, both in terms of ball possession and opportunities created. Despite this, Pereira's team demonstrated excellent efficiency. In one of the few opportunities in the first half, the team reached 0-1 at 21', converting a penalty. In addition to the opportunities created, the Patriotas team would also waste a penalty in the 40th minute. In the second half, Pereira's team came out better again and made it 0-2 at 61'. Despite the great dominance of the Patriotas team, the team was unable to create any scoring opportunities in the second half, thanks to the excellent defensive work of Pereira's team. With this result, the Deportivo Pereira team sits in 2nd place in the table, with 23 points and the same points as the 1st place. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 4 wins and 1 draw, having scored 18 goals and conceded 10. 

Aguilas Doradas's team comes to this game after a 0-2 loss against Junior Barranquilla. Junior Barranquilla's team would finally reach a victory after a series of games without winning. Junior Barranquilla's team entered the match strong, scoring in the 9th minute through the inevitable Carlos Bacca. The remaining first half would be divided, but the Aguilas team still had better opportunities but was unable to reduce it. At the beginning of the second half, Junior Barranquilla's team came out strong again and extended the lead to 0-2 in the 52nd minute, again through Bacca. The second half would be mostly dominated by the Aguilas team, with an impressive 61% of ball possession and 11 goal attempts. Even so, the opportunities created would not be clear and blatant, and the team would not be able to score. Junior Barranquilla's team would thus take the 3 important points. With this result, Aguilas Doradas team is now in 11th place in the table, with 14 points. In the last 5 league games, the team recorded 2 wins, 1 draw, and 2 defeats, having scored 6 goals and conceded 8. Despiting not suffering much goals, the team also scores few goals being the main problem of the team so far.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Deportivo Pereira has won 1, Aguilas Doradas has won 2, and they drew another 2. Goals were scored in 4 of those 5 games, with both teams scoring in 3 of those matches.

Deportivo Pereira are favorites to win this match. They are the second team in the best form so far and they are playing really good football. Also they are playing at home.