Academia Puerto Cabello vs Deportes Tolima Prediction: Can Venezulean Side Win at Home and Start Positively?

In the upcoming fixture of Copa Sudamericana, Group D, Matchday 1, Academia Puerto Cabello will be up against Deportes Tolima at the Estadio Misael Delgado in Valencia. With Sao Paulo and Club Atletico Tigre sharing the Group D along with them, the upcoming matchup is likely to extract the best results. Secondly, this is the first meeting between the two across all formats in Football history. What makes the upcoming fixture more interesting and competitive is that the two sides are coming off an unbeaten run in their last five matches. Continue reading to find out more about the two teams and their odds for winning.

Going in the matchup, Academia Puerto Cabello is coming off five back-to-back wins in the last five matches played. The last win came against Deportivo La Guaira in the Venezuelan Primera Division, in which Diego Osio scored the only goal in the last few minutes of play. Academia Puerto Cabello has scored 8 goals in its last five matches, averaging 1.6 goals per game. Apart from the scoring average, Puerto Cabello leads the Venezuelan Primera table standings today. With the likes of Jacob Adebanjo, Luifer Hernandez, and Williams Lugo in the lineup and goal-scoring rhythm, the upcoming matchup is likely to offer the home team decent confidence and motivation.

Going in the matchup, Deportes Tolima is coming off a draw against Independiente Medellin (1-1) and Millonarios (1-1). With three draws in the last five matches played, Deportes Tolima stands 8th in the Categoria A standings. In the last match against Medellin, Diego Herazo scored the opening goal for Tolima, which was quite a difficult angle to curate and score the goal. Along with Diego Herazo, Riascos, and Angulo were the impact players in the last outing. Talking about the goal-scoring, Tolima has scored 6 goals, averaging 1.2 goals per game. Moving forward, Tolima will look to extend its Categoria run in Sudamericana.

With the Venezuelan team playing at home and carrying the unbeaten run forward, the odds will be favoring the home team to win. The match total is likely to be over 2.5 goals, and Academia to only win if it scores two goals. Ultimately, the final scoreline is likely to be 2-1 at the end of 90 minutes of play.

• Both Teams To Score - Yes for 1.99
• Total Over 2.5 for 2.4
• Academia Puerto Cabello to Win for 3.10