Santa Fe vs Junior Barranquilla Prediction: Can Junior Barranquilla finally return to victories?

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Primera A - Apertura, Santa Fe will face Junior Barranquilla at Stadium El Campín in Bogotá. The home side head here after a loss (1-0) against Deportivo Pereira. The visitors arrive here also after a loss (0-1), against Tolima.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Santa Fe team enters this game after a 1-0 defeat against Pereira. It was a very divided game, with the Santa Fe team creating more opportunities but the Pereira team creating the best opportunities. In the 1st half, it would be Pereira's team who would create the most opportunities, while the Santa Fe team would be the one who would create many more scoring opportunities in the 2nd half. However, Pereira's team would score the winning goal in the 90th minute, with a penalty. This result would be a blow to the Santa Fe team, who did everything they could to get at least 1 point. With this result, the Santa Fe team is in 11th place in the table, with 10 points. In the last 5 games, the team has recorded 1 win, 1 draw, and 3 defeats, having scored 6 goals and conceded 5.

Junior Barranquilla's team comes into this game after a 0-1 defeat against Tolima. It was a very divided game, with many scoring opportunities from both sides, synonymous with a high-quality game between two of the best teams in the league. In the 1st half, it would be the Tolima team that created the most scoring opportunities, but it would be the Junior Barranquilla team that created the best opportunities. However, Junior's team would score an own goal in the 42nd minute, which would give the Tolima team the advantage. In the second half, needing to reach a draw and taking advantage of the home advantage, Junior Barranquilla's team put more pressure on them, having more possession of the ball and more and better scoring opportunities. Junior Barranquilla's team would fail to finish, and Tolima's team would come away with 3 points. With this result, Junior Barranquilla's team finds itself in 2nd place in the table, with 13 points, now 3 points behind leader Tolima. In the last 5 games, the team has recorded 3 wins and 2 losses, having scored 10 goals and conceded 5. After a consecutive series of victories, Junior's team suffered 2 consecutive defeats, quickly needing to win again to stay at the top of the table.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Santa Fe has won 2, Junior Barranquilla has won 1, and they drew another 2. Goals were scored in 4 of those 5 games, with both teams scoring in 2 of those matches.

Despite the 2 straight losses, Junior Barranquilla are still favorites to win this match as they still rank second in the league.