Tolima vs Aguilas Doradas Prediction: Can Tolima return to victories?

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Primera A - Apertura, Tolima will face Aguilas Doradas at Stadium Manuel Murillo Toro in Ibagué. The home side head here after a loss (2-1) against Once Caldas. The visitors arrive here also after a loss (0-1), against Deportivo Pasto.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Tolima team comes into this game after a disappointing 2-1 defeat against Once Caldas. The Once Caldas team started the match very strong, scoring in the 9th minute. After the goal, the Tolima team would completely dominate the remaining first half, with an impressive 76% of ball possession. However, the Tolima team was unable to create dangerous opportunities. In the 2nd half, the Once Caldas team once again demonstrated great effectiveness, and at 56', in one of the few opportunities created in the 2nd half, they made it 2-0. The Tolima team would once again take control of the game, and this time they would be able to create more and better scoring opportunities. The Tolima team would still be able to reduce it to 2-1 in the 83rd minute, but would not be able to reach a draw. Do the match, this would be a disappointing result for the Tolima team. With this result, the Tolima team finds itself in 2nd place in the table, with 29 points, but now 3 points behind 1st place. The team now needs to add points quickly to not let the Bucaramanga team escape even further.

The Aguilas Doradas team comes to this game after an unexpected 0-1 defeat against Deportivo Pasto. This would be a game with plenty of scoring opportunities. The Aguilas Doradas team, playing at home, sought to dominate more in terms of ball possession and the Pasto team sought to take advantage of imbalances. Despite the opportunities on the part of both teams, both would fail a lot when it came to finishing. And when everything pointed to a draw, the Pasto team would have a penalty that would be converted into a goal at 90+6'. With this result, the Aguilas Doradas team is in 13th place in the table, with 18 points. In the last 5 league games the team has recorded 1 win, 1 draw, and 3 defeats, having scored 12 goals and conceded 15.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Tolima has won 2, Aguilas has won 2 and they drew another. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, with both teams scoring in 3 of those matches.

Tolima are clearly favorites, as they are in better form and play at home. Goals are not expected by the Aguilas team.