Patriotas vs Deportivo Cali Prediction: Can Patriotas return to win at home?

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Primera A - Clausura, Patriotas will face Deportivo Cali at Stadium La Independencia in Tunja. The home side head here after a win (0-1), against Deportivo Pereira. The visitors come into this game after a draw (1-1), against La Equidad.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

Deportivo Pereira faced a tough time when it was hosting Patriotas and managed to beat the team with a 1-0 scoreline. The only goal of the match was scored by Gómez M. in the 52nd minute d Jerry following a combination with Torres G. For most of the match the home team dominated and had possession of the ball for 55% of the time and had 13 attempts to shot at goal out of which 4 were actual shots at goal. Patriotas, on the other hand, had a total of 10 attempts on goal but none was accurate enough to score a goal. In first half, the Deportivo Pareira had a lion share in ball possession (65%) and was in search of goal, had 11 shots and 2 shots on the target. Patriotas tried to build their attacking opportunities focusing on the goal by making only 4 shots none of which was proper. In the second period Patriotas moved slightly up, operated dominating 55% of tiem but with a clear desire of leveling they could not generate clear goal opportunities. On the other hand, Deportivo Pereira was great in the second half when it comes to preventing an opponent’s attacks and closing down spaces. Indeed the home team stepped up additional pressure in the last fifteen minutes of the game but Patriotas could not equalizer and so Deportivo Pereira emerges winner and clinches the three points. With this result, Patriotas is in 13th place in the table with 12 points. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, with a record of 11 goals scored and 15 goals conceded.

Deportivo Cali was facing La Equidad and they both teams were quite fairly matched so the games ended with a score of 1-1. Meza scored the first goal of Deporitvo Cali shortly at 20 minutes of the first half, the goal from a pass by Cantillo. The first half La Equidad dominance in possession was barely in their favor with 54% to 46% for the away team while attacking threat was relatively organized with 11 attempts on goals for La Equidad and 9 for Deportivo Cali. Still, Deportivo Cali was accurate, taking 4 shots on goal while La Equidad failed to reach the goals taking 4 shots off goals. The second half was abruptly responded to by La Equidad who leveled the match at 1-1 in the 51st minute when Torralvo scored from Castro Espinosa’s pass. The game become tense to winning goal, however, La Equidad’s maneuver was much dominant throughout the match with 58% possession. Even though Dep. Cali have more territorial advantage in the match, the team only made 3 attempts that went direct to the keeper while the away team made only 1. It was a tight and rougher second period that could be seen in the fouls committed 13 of them by La Equidad against 2 of Deportivo Cali. Summing up, the tendency is evident – the teams have equal chances and the victory of La Equidad is only monotonous in two aspects – possession of the ball and attempts on goal. With this result, Deportivo Cali is in 18th place in the table with 8 points. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 2 draws and 3 defeats, with a record of 8 goals scored and 16 goals conceded. The team has not won any of the last 5 league games.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Patriotas has won 2, and Deportivo Cali has won 3. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, but with both teams scoring in none of those matches.

Patriotas are favorites, yet not many goals are to be expected.