Bucaramanga vs Junior Prediction: Can Bucaramanga achieve their 1st victory?

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Primera A - Apertura Quadrangular, Bucaramanga will face Junior at Stadium Alfonso Lopez in Bucaramanga. The home side head here after a loss (1-0) against Deportivo Pereira. The visitors arrive here after a win (2-1), against Millonarios.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Bucaramanga team comes into this game after a 1-0 defeat against Deportivo Pereira. Pereira's team would be more dominant in the 1st half; however, Bucaramanga's team would be the team that would create more goal opportunities. Still, despite having fewer opportunities, Pereira's team created the best opportunities. And in one of those few opportunities, Pereira's team reached the 38th goal. To make things more complicated for the Bucaramanga team, the team would be reduced to 10 players at 45+8'. Despite having 1 less player, the second half of the game would be fairly divided between both teams, with the Bucaramanga team even managing to create more opportunities. Still, the opportunities were of low quality and the team could not reach a draw. In the first game of the league, the team recorded 1 defeat, and now it is important to win to get back to the top places.

Junior Barranquilla's team comes into this game after a 2-1 victory against Millonarios. The 1st half would generally be dominated by the Junior Barranquilla team; however, it would be a part with few opportunities. Even so, in one of those few opportunities, Junior Barranquilla's team would reach 1-0, through Carlos Bacca. In the 2nd half, the game would be more divided between both teams, but Junior's team would still be able to create more opportunities, reaching 2-0 in the 68th minute after converting a penalty. Junior Barranquilla's team would be reduced to 10 players at 82' and that would be when Millonarios' team would be able to create the best chances. In that same period, they would be able to reduce it to 2-1 in the 87th minute, however, they would not be able to reach a draw. Junior Barranquilla's team arrives at this game in good shape, having not lost any of the last 5 games played in all competitions

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Bucaramanga has won 1, Junior has won 3, and they drew another. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, but with both teams scoring in just 1 of those matches.

It’s hard to predict a favorite in this match, still goals are expected from both teams.