Rionegro Aguilas vs Deportivo Pasto Prediction: Can Aguilas keep securing their 1st place?

Deportivo Pasto will be traveling over to Antioquia to play again league leaders Rionegro Aguilas at the Estadio Alberto Grisales for round 15 of the Primera A Clausura. Rionegro Aguilas ran out as winners in a keenly contested tie against Chico FC (0-1). Deportivo Pasto also won the last round match which they played at home against Atletico Huila (1-0). 

Betting tips and odds provided below.

Chico FC played incredible football to hold off Rionegro Aguilas for a very long period of time. However, they couldn't create enough quality chances to carve them open. The first half finished goalless but a total of four yellow cards were dished out; one to Delfin Alfonzo of Chico FC and the other three to Tomas Salazar, Wilson Morelo and Duvan Mosquera. Rionegro Aguilas also created a big chance in the first half and failed to convert. Things began to change when Elkin Mosquera received a straight red card for violent conduct in the 86th minute. Barely two minutes later, Delfin Alfonzo was shown a second yellow card and was sent off for another foul bringing Chico FC to nine men. Rionegro Aguilas finally scored the only goal of the game two minutes into added time when Moises Vilarroel swung in a corner that Sebastian Rodriguez met and thumped into the back of the net. Rionegro Aguilas have won two, lost one and drawn two of their last five matches. They have scored six goals and conceded seven goals across the matches.

Deportivo Pasto's first half goal was enough to seal the win against a resilient Atletico Huila side. Deportivo Pasto proved to be the better side and even created two big chances in the first half which they missed. They also attempted 12 shots in total and limited Atletico Huila to just 2! The first goal eventually came in the 24th minute following a set piece situation. A corner was swung in and Jerson Malagon flicked it for Jesus Quintero to finish. However, his shot was blocked and the rebound fell back to Jerson Malagon who hit a right footed shot into the bottom right corner. In the second half, Atletico Huila was looking for ways to get back into the game however they could not just find the back of the net. Matters became worse when Blas Diaz was sent off after receiving a second yellow card. On the other hand, Deportivo Pasto was looking to double their lead and even created a big chance that was missed. Deportivo Pasto have won three of their last five games and lost two, scoring six and conceding four goals.

The match is sure to be keenly contested but Aguilas still remain as favorites. They are the current Clausura league leaders with 27 points in 13 games. Besides, Deportivo Pasto has only won 11% of H2H matches between both teams (3/28).