Santa Fe vs Atletico Huila Prediction: Odds in Favor of the Home Side

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Categoria A, Matchday 19, Santa Fe will be up against Atletico Huila at the Estadio Nemésio Camacho El Campín Colombia in Bogota. According to the table standings of today, Santa Fe stands 10th with 6 wins and 23 points, whereas Atletico Huila stands 18th with 5 wins and 18 points. Santa Fe will be looking to make efforts in order to secure a spot in the top eight table standings. The two sides in last played in October 2021, and Santa Fe won (1-2). Santa Fe has won three of the last four matches played between the two, whereas a fixture has resulted in a draw. 

With just a win in the last five matches played, Santa Fe will be looking forward to ending its losing streak, which persists for three matches now. Santa Fe lost in the last home fixture against Atletico Nacional (0-2). Sambueza, Marrugo, and Rodallega looked completely off-colour, even though Santa Fe managed a possession of 64% and three shots on target. Santa Fe has even failed to score a single goal in the last three matches, which is why the pressure is pilling on. With just 3 goals scored and 8 conceded in the last five matches played, Santa Fe is unlikely to score against big names in the competition. However, against Huila, we might see some fireworks from the home team.

Espitia; Viafara, Aja, Torres and Delgado; Rivera and Roa; Enamorado, Marrugo and Sambueza; Rodallega. 

Going in the away fixture against Santa Fe, Huila will be looking to maximize Santa Fe’s poor striking form in the last three matches. Huila is coming off a defeat against America de Cali (0-2), in which Britos, Gil, and Hernandez had no answer to America’s defense. In the last two away matches, Huila has managed to secure a win against Envigado (0-1) and, before that, lost (2-1) against La Equidad. About the overall scoring form, Huila has scored 5 goals, averaging 1.00 goals per game. In comparison to the scoring average, Huila has conceded 8 goals, averaging 1.60 goals per game. Hence, the upcoming matchup is likely to have Huila at least scoring a goal. 

Figueroa; Lerma (Delgado), Lopera, Escorcia and Lozano; Saunders, Díaz and Hernández; Gil, Hernandez and Britos

With both teams having unbalanced and inconsistent match forms, I am backing the home side to come back hard at the opposition and at least score a goal. Though both sides have conceded goals over an average of 1.50 goals per game, I am backing Santa Fe to win in a clean sheet. The match total is expected to be under 2.5 goals, and only Santa Fe to score.

• Independiente Santa Fe to Win for 1.50
• Total Under 2.5 for 1.91
• Both Teams to Score - No for 1.732