Independiente Medellin vs Once Caldas Prediction: Can Once Caldas achieve their 5th straight victory in the league?

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Primera A - Apertura, Independiente Medellín will face Once Caldas at Stadium Atanasio Girardot in Medellín. The home side head here after a draw (2-2) against Tolima. The visitors arrive here after a win (2-1), against Envigado.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Independiente Medellin team comes into this game after a 2-2 draw against Tolima. Despite a game with greater dominance in terms of opportunities by the Tolima team, the Independiente Medellin team would demonstrate excellent efficiency in the few opportunities created. The Tolima team would start better, scoring shortly after 7'. However, the Independiente team would be able to equalize shortly after, at 16', in one of the few opportunities created in the first half. Despite numerous goal attempts in the first half (11), the Tolima team would not be able to score in the first half. In the second half, the Tolima team reached 2-1 at 66'. And again, the Independiente Medellin team managed to reach a draw in the 74th minute. In the second half, the teams would be more closed, and there would be few remaining opportunities, with both teams ending up sharing the points. With this result, the Independiente Medellin team is in 9th place in the table, with 15 points. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss, having scored 9 goals and conceded 18. Despite their negative goalscoring, the team is now in a good momentum and hasn’t lost any of their last 4 games.

The Once Caldas team comes into this game after a 2-1 victory against Envigado. The Once Caldas team started the match well, making it 1-0 after 14 minutes. The first half would be quite divided between both teams and with good opportunities, with the Envigado team reaching the equalizing goal in the 25th minute. There could still have been more goals in this first half if it weren't for the lack of effectiveness from both teams. In the second half, the Once Caldas team would be slightly superior in ball possession, but much superior in the number of opportunities created. The Envigado team managed to hold on for the draw, however, the game would change in the 72nd minute with the expulsion of Garces. The Once Caldas team would put more pressure on and reach 2-1 in the 88th minute. With this result, the Once Caldas team finds itself in 6th place in the table, with 18 points, but the same points as the 5th placed team. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 3 wins and 2 losses, scoring 11 goals and conceding 10.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Independiente Medellín has won 1, Once Caldas has won 1, and they drew another 3. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, and with both teams scoring in all of those matches.

Once Caldas are favorites for this match, still Medellin is in good form and it will be a hard match for Once Caldas. Goals are expected from both teams.