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Millonarios vs U. Magdalena Prediction & Betting tips
In the Colombian Apertura, the play-offs for the national championship are about to start. In group A, Los Millonarios and Union Magdalena face each other in Bogota in the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Spectacle guaranteed!
Los Millonarios:
Los Millonarios, from the capital Bogota, is one of the largest clubs in the country. In recent years, the team was mainly in the shadow of arch rival Atletico Nacional from Medellin, but now it seems that this is finally changing. In the regular competition, the team of coach Jorge Luis Pinto finished at the top with 39 points out of twenty matches, with a six-point lead over immediate attacker Deportivo Cali. The blue shirts are therefore the rightful favorite for winning the play-offs, although only the group winner goes to the final.
Los Millonarios could afford to let the reins celebrate at the end of the regular competition, but will now be completely sharp again. The team is well put together, as it has both a solid rear guard and a life-threatening attack. At the time of writing, Los Millonarios is first visiting America de Cali, although the result of that game has no further influence on the next game against Union Magdalena. If you lose that pot, you have to win to stay in the race. If you win it, you can hand out the final blow in your second game. The fact is that Los Millonarios is hard to beat in the thin mountain air of Bogota. With 21 points from ten home games, the team was at least the best home club in the regular league.
Union Magdalena:
Union Magdalena returned to the highest level as a PhD candidate this season, so that the team can now immediately participate in the play-offs is a great and surprising achievement. No one in the Caribbean port town of Santa Marta had dared to dream that their club could adapt to the level of the Aguila League so quickly.
Trainer Harold Rivera cannot go wrong in Santa Marta, the birthplace of Colombian football legend Carlos Valderrama (who still lives there). Union Magdalena is a fun team to watch, with the rough diamond Ricardo Marquez (21 years, nine goals) as the most interesting player. However, outdoors El Ciclon Bananero often has a difficult time. In Santa Marta it is always tropical hot, so the team does not like to play at great heights. It was certainly no coincidence that the away match against Los Millonarios was lost by no less than 4-0 in the regular competition. Pinto will therefore have to come up with something to avert a new earwash.
Millonarios vs U. Magdalena head to head matches
01.03.19 LA Millonarios U. Magdalena 4 : 0
23.10.05 LA U. Magdalena Millonarios 1 : 1
06.05.05 LA Millonarios U. Magdalena 1 : 0
23.10.04 LA U. Magdalena Millonarios 1 : 0
01.05.04 LA Millonarios U. Magdalena 1 : 0