Deportivo Cali vs Alianza Petrolera Prediction: Can Deportivo Cali exploit the home advantage?

Alianza Petrolera will be looking to grab a win and rise higher on the Categoria Primera A Clausura table when they take on Deportivo Cali away at Estadio Deportivo Cali. Deportivo Cali won their last game against Union Magdalena (3-4) and so did Alianza Petrolera against Once Caldas (2-1).

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Deportivo Cali ran out as winners in an exciting 60 minutes of action that ended 3-4 in their favour against Union Magdalena. The home team opened the scoring 14 minutes into the game with Ricardo Marquez hitting a well placed outside shot into the top right corner after a pass from Gustavo Torres. Marquez got carded for removing his shirt while celebrating. Union Magdalena doubled their lead in the 19th minute. Nicolas Gil Uribe rose highest to head home Cristian Sencion's corner. Deportivo Cali responded two minutes later with Adrian Parra tapping home Jhon Vasquez's cross. Union Magdalena got to restore their two goal lead to make it 3-1 when Jefferson Diaz conceded a handball in the box. Gustavo Torres made no mistake and converted the spot kick. Deportivo Cali made two changes at half time and completed an incredible comeback. In the 55th minute, Jhon Vasquez passed the ball to Gustavo Ramirez who hit a ferocious effort from outside the box into the top right corner. Fabry Castro brought the game level (3-3) in the 59th minute with a well placed shot from the center of the box. The comeback was completed in the 65th minute when Kevin Salazar threaded a through ball for Gustavo Ramirez to score. Deportivo Cali have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five matches, scoring eight goals and conceding nine.

Alianza Petrolera held out for a 2-1 win against Once Caldas in their last game. Royscer Colpa opened the scoring in the 22nd minute after putting the ball from a difficult angle thanks to a headed assist from Edwin Torres. Edwin Torres grabbed another assist for himself in the 45th minute when Efrain Nevarro hit a right footed shot from the right side of the box into the bottom left corner. Once Caldas tried to come back and pulled a goal back in the 47th minute. Fainer Torijano Cano made a headed pass to Dayro Moreno that he tucked away into the bottom left corner with a left footed shot. Alianza Petrolera have lost one, drawn one and won three of their last five games, scoring five goals and conceding six in the process.

The game is sure to be keenly contested with Deportivo Cali looking to use their home advantage over Alianza Petrolera. However, Alianza Petrolera has slightly better form and has the upper hand when it comes to Head to Head. They have won 9/22 match ups between both teams (41%) while Cali have just 27% win percentage..