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

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Primera A - Apertura, Patriotas will face Deportivo Pereira at Stadium La Independencia in Tunja. The home side head here after a loss (3-0) against Bucaramanga. The visitors arrive here after a win (2-0), against America Cali.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Patriotas team comes to this game after a 3-0 victory against Bucaramanga. Despite a very divided 1st half both in terms of ball possession and goal opportunities, the Bucaramanga team demonstrated great effectiveness. The Bucaramanga team scored their 2 goals in the 1st half with their only shots on target, at 14' and 38'. In the 2nd half, in search of a draw, the Patriotas team was gaining superiority, however they were unable to penetrate Bucaramanga's defense, which was showing itself to be highly organized. And again, taking advantage of their opportunities, the Bucaramanga team would reach 3-0 in the 88th minute, taking advantage of the offensive balance of the Patriotas team. With this result, the Patriotas team still sits in the bottom of the table, with just 5 points. In the last 5 games, the team has recorded 1 win and 4 losses, having scored just 1 goal and conceded 10. The team still struggles to score any goals.

The Deportivo Pereira team comes to this game after a 2-0 win against America Cali. The 1st half was even dominated by the America Cali team, which created more opportunities. However, these were opportunities without great danger, as the team would not be able to get any shot into the opponent's goal. Pereira's team, despite having fewer opportunities, demonstrated good efficiency, scoring in the 45th minute with the only shot on target that they could manage. In the 2nd half, Pereira's team came out strong again and made it 2-0 after 50 minutes. To make matters worse, the America Cali team would soon be reduced to 10 players, at 59', with Rivera's expulsion. Even so, the America Cali team would manage to share the 2nd half of the match. The team would even be capable of creating good opportunities, but would not take advantage of them and Pereira's team would end up taking the 3 points. With this result, the Deportivo Pereira team is now in 2nd place in the table, with 20 points. In the last 5 games, the team has recorded 4 wins and 1 draw, having scored 16 goals and conceded 10. They are the team in best form recently, and waiting for a slip from Tolima to reach 1st place.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Pereira has won the last 3, and Patriotas has won the previous 2. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, and with both teams scoring in 3 of those matches.

Deportivo Pereira are expected to win this match relatively easily. Patriotas are expected to have another scoreless match.