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Santa Fe vs Junior Prediction & Betting tips
Santa Fe and Junior meet at Estadio Nemesio Camacho “El Campín”, in a match for this phase of the Copa Sudamericana (Semi-finals). The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 8 matches won 7 and tied 1. But the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 10-14-2018 , for the First A, the two teams tied by (2-2). H. Urrego (27 ‘) and B. Perlaza (68’) scored the goals of the game, for Santa Fe, and V. Cantillo (62 ‘) and D. Moreno (78’), for Junior. The Junior presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor, so in this game the home factor may be decisive.
Santa Fe:
Until reaching this phase of the Copa Sudamericana (Semi-finals), the home team eliminated: Deportivo Cali, Millionaires and Rampla Juniors. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 9 draws and 1 loss in away matches, with 16 goals scored and 7 conceded; against 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 21 goals scored and 11 conceded. The team comes to this match after a home win at Deportes Tolima by (3-0). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Santa Fe won 3, drew 5 and lost 2.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 6 games. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never got the comeback.
Santa Fe is a club that has already won the Copa Sudamericana once throughout its history, a title that it won in 2015, as well as having reached a final of the 2016 South American Recopa and having nine First Division titles ( Colombian Championship). In the current season, the team has already eliminated three opponents, Rampla Juniors, Millonarios and Deportivo Cali, and has not yet been defeated in the competition. Playing in its stadium, it has a relatively good performance, since it lost two of the nine points that disputed in this condition, in addition to having marked goals in six of those nine parties. We believe that in this match the Santa Fe, who has been doing a good campaign in the Copa Sudamericana, will have conditions to score goals and come out with a positive result.
Junior:
The visiting team reaches this phase of the Copa Sudamericana (Semi-finals) after having played previous eliminatory with: Defensa y Justicia, Colón and Lanús. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 15 goals scored and 17 conceded; against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 27 goals scored and 7 conceded. The team comes to this match after a win away with the Oil Alliance by (0-3). In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Junior won 1, tied 4 and lost 5. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 5 of the last 6 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 16 of the last 33 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 20 out of 33 have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 15 games, they only got 1 comeback in the 7 games in which they suffered the first goal.
Junior Barranquilla is a club that never managed to conquer the Copa Libertadores or the Copa Sudamericana, but that throughout its history has already won the First Division seven times, being the most recent title expired in 2011. In the current season, the team disputed the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, finishing in the third position of Group 8, and eliminated three adversaries: Lanús, Colón and Defensa y Justicia. In the last nine games that Junior Barranquilla played as a visitor, for several competitions, in addition to having beaten only one of them, in eight he suffered goals. We believe that in this match the Junior Barranquilla, who has presented great difficulties to play away from home, will suffer goals and will come out with a negative score.
Santa Fe vs Junior head to head matches
14.10.18 LA Santa Fe Junior 2 : 2
12.04.18 LA Junior Santa Fe 1 : 1
22.10.17 LA Junior Santa Fe 0 : 1
07.05.17 LA Santa Fe Junior 1 : 0
17.07.16 LA Junior Santa Fe 2 : 1