Jaguares Cordoba vs Santa Fe Prediction: Can Santa Fe still reach 2nd place?

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Primera A - Apertura, Jaguares Cordoba will face Santa Fe at Stadium Jaraguay in Monteria. The home side head here after a surprising loss (2-1) against Jaguares Cordoba. The visitors arrive here after a win (1-0), against America Cali.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

The Jaguares Cordoba team arrives at this game after a surprising 2-1 loss against Alianza. It would even be the Jaguares team that took the lead, scoring in the 5th minute. From that moment on, the Alianza team would dominate the remaining 1st half, which would end the 1st half with an impressive 75% of the ball. Still, the team would not be able to score. In the 2nd half, the Alianza team started strong and reached a draw in the 49th minute. The 2nd half would be much more divided, with both teams competing for victory and plenty of goal opportunities. The Alianza team ended up scoring the all-important winning goal, in the 86th minute, and holding on to 3 points. With this result, the Jaguares Cordoba team is in 15th place in the table, with 19 points. In the last 5 league games the team has recorded 3 draws, and 2 defeats, having scored 16 goals and conceded 20.

The Santa Fe team comes to this game after a 1-0 victory against America Cali. It was a game of few opportunities, given the importance of points for both teams. As such, it was a very physical game in which neither team wanted to expose themselves and take risks. In terms of opportunities, the 1st half would be dominated by the Santa Fe team, but the best opportunities of the match would be in the 2nd half and in favor of America Cali. This dominance in the 2nd half was also due to the fact that the Santa Fe team had to play with 10 players since the 59th minute. But as the saying goes "those who don't score, suffer", this happened. The Santa Fe team would reach the goal in the 80th minute and would be able to hold on to the result until the end. With this result, the Santa Fe team is in 3rd place in the table, with 34 points. In the last 5 league games the team has recorded 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 defeat, having scored 22 goals and conceded 11. The team needs to win their game and wait for a slip-up from the Bucaramanga team to reach 2nd place.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Jaguares Cordoba has won 1, Santa Fe has won 3, and they drew another. Goals were scored in all of those 5 games, with both teams scoring in 3 of those matches.

Santa Fe are favorites to win this match. They need to win if they still want to reach 3rd place and Jaguares have no stakes in the game right now.