Deportivo Pereira vs La Equidad Prediction: Can La Equidad maintain their dominance over Deportivo Pereira?

Deportivo Pereira will host La Equidad at the Estadio Hernan Ramirez Villegas for the 17th round of the Categoria Primera A Clausura. Deportivo Pereira's last league match ended in a goalless draw against Rionegro Aguilas (0-0) while La Equidad pulled off a late winner against Deportivo Pasto (1-0).

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Deportivo Pereira played their outstanding round 8 match against Rionegro Aguilas in their last league match and it ended in a goalless 0-0 draw. Rionegro Aguilas went into the game as one of the best teams in the league sitting atop the table but Deportivo Pereira sitting bottom of the table pulled off a draw against them. Three yellow cards were shown to Deportivo Pereira players in the first half and Rionegro Aguilas came close to finding the opener in the 40th minute through Jhon Salazar. Salazar hit a ferocious left footed shot from outside the box but it struck the left post to keep the game at 0-0. Both sides made various changes in the second half but none of the two sides created a chance good enough to find the back of the net. Diego Hernandez, Deportivo Pereira's centre back was named the Man of the Match for his impressive performance. Deportivo Pereira have just one win across their last five matches, losing three and drawing one. They have scored six goals and conceded nine goals across the five games.

La Equidad absolutely dominated Deportivo Pasto to earn their third win of the Categoria Primera A Clausura campaign in a 1-0 win. La Equidad outplayed Deportivo Pasto as they held on 61% of the possession in the first half and had seven shots while Pasto had just 4. Three yellow cards were shown in the first half with all three going to La Equidad. They made three changes to begin the second half to convert their dominance into a goal. Things became even better when Edward Lopez received two consecutive yellow cards to bring Deportivo Pasto to 10 men. La Equidad held on to a whopping 72% of the possession and had 12 shots! while Deportivo Pasto had just 28% possession and managed just one shot through the second half as they were forced to sit back and defend. La Equidad eventually grabbed the winner through a 86th minute goal from Andres Correa. He hit a left footed shot from outside the box into the bottom left corner. La Equidad are unbeaten in their last five league games with two wins and three draws, scoring six goals and conceding three.

While Deportivo Pereira will be looking to use their home advantage, La Equidad's superiority opens the game for any of the two sides to win the game. Besides, in the nine meetings between both teams, La Equidad has lost just once.