Independiente Medellin vs Atletico Huila Prediction: Can Independiente Medellin return to victories?

Atletico Huila will be facing a huge challenge in trying to beat Independiente Medellin at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot for the 16th round of the Categoria Primera A. Independiente Medellin's last match ended in a draw with Once Caldas (2-2) while Atletico Huila also held La Equidad to a draw (1-1).

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Independiente Medellin showed their class to pull off a draw away to Once Caldas despite going down to ten men. There was no goal in the first half but four yellow cards were shown in total including one to Jonathan Marulanda. Independiente Medellin made changes in the second half to get back into the game but unfortunately, Jonathan Marulanda got a second yellow by committing a bad foul inside the box which means he got sent off and Once Caldas will have a penalty. Dayro Moreno converted the penalty in the 61st minute. Daniel Torres equalized for El Rojo Paisa following a corner in the 65th minute. Once Caldas took the lead again in the 74th minute through Juan Cuesta but just four minutes later, Anderson Plata brought the game back to 2-2. Medellin are unbeaten in their last five league games with four draws and one win. They've scored eight goals and conceded six.

Atletico Huila's defense held on nicely to protect a one goal lead that eventually became a 1-1 draw. It could have been more. Martín Payares of La Equidad fouled Marcus Vinicius in the penalty box in the 18th minute and Marcus Vinicius calmly slotted the resulting PK into the bottom right corner with a right footed shot in the 21st minute. Johan Rojas and Luis Caicedo were shown the yellow card three minutes into added time of first half for consecutive fouls. In the second half, Carlos Lucimi received a red card in the 73rd minute after a dangerous tackle and he was told to walk. Huila got reduced to ten men which gave La Equidad more opportunity to attack. They eventually scored in the 81st minute when Joan Castro got on the end of Johan Rojas cross, making it 1-1. Atletico Huila do not have any win in their last five games, drawing two and losing three of the matches. They have scored just three goals and conceded six across the five matches.

Independiente Medellin sits in 4th place with 26 points accumulated in 15 matches while Atletico Huila are 13th placed having picked up 17 points in 15 matches. Independiente Medellin are obvious favorites to win the fixture and are unbeaten in 12 league games. In fact, they've lost just one of their 15 Clausura league games. The Head to Head is also in their favor as they have won 11 of the 21 matchups between both teams (52%) while the remaining 10 have ended in five draws and five wins for Atletico Huila.