Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Junior FC (2nd, 35 pts) and Independiente Medellín (5th, 19 pts). On recent form Junior FC sat only 26th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Independiente Medellín ran at 1.89 scored and 1.22 conceded, Junior FC at 1.63 and 1.26.
GioScore's database holds 14 meetings between the two: 7 for Independiente Medellín, 4 for Junior FC and 3 drawn, at 1.93 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 71% of the meetings.
Estadio Atanasio Girardot, capacity 44,739, hosted the game. Independiente Medellín led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
Independiente Medellín: Alexis Serna (5'), Francisco Chaverra (24')
Key stats
Possession: Independiente Medellín 41% · Junior FC 59% · Total shots: 18-11 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 6-6