Bucaramanga vs La Equidad Prediction: Can La Equidad finally win an away game?

Bucaramanga will be hosting La Equidad at the Estadio Alfonso Lopez for the 19th round of the Categoria Primera A Clausura. Bucaramanga won their last match away to Union Magdalena (1-2) while La Equidad held Rionegro Aguilas to a draw (1-1)

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Bucaramanga pulled off a 1-2 win away to Union Magdalena in the last round of league games thanks to Jhon Cordoba's first half brace. While Union Magdalena controlled most of the game with about 67% possession and attempted over two times the number of shots Bucaramanga had (23-10), Bucaramanga was the more clinical of both sides and took all three points. Jhon Cordoba opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner thanks to an assist from Carlos Mosquera. Didn't take long for Union Magdalena to equalize as Joel Contreras converted a big chance with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner in the 34th minute. Ricardo Marquez was credited with the assist. Shortly before the half time break, Jhon Cordoba scored what will be the winner of the tie. It was a similar goal to his 28th minute effort. However this time around, Javier Rena was the one that provided the assist. The game was feisty especially in the second half and a whopping total of 13 yellow cards were shown! Six were shown to Union Magdalena and seven were shown to Bucaramanga. Interestingly, no red card was dished out. Bucaramanga have two wins, two losses and one draw across their last five matches, scoring four goals and conceding five. 

La Equidad pulled off an underdog performance and grabbed a point off league leaders Rionegro Aguilas. Rionegro Águilas took the lead in the 34th minute through an unexpected fashion as Jorge Ramos from La Equidad turned the ball into his own net. La Equidad responded swiftly and equalized three minutes later. Andres Correa whipped in a cross into the box and Brayan Fernandez met it with a header and thumped it into the bottom right corner. Both sides tried to find a winner throughout the rest of the game but none came. It's interesting to note that La Equidad held 57% of the possession and attempted 20 shots while Rionegro Aguilas had just seven shots. La Equidad has two wins, two draws and one loss across its last five matches, scoring five goals and conceding three.

The match is a fairly open one although Bucaramanga has a few advantages. They sit 10th on the log table which is above La Equidad who are in 14th place. Also, Bucaramanga are playing at home and La Equidad are yet to win an away game in eight games.