Junior FC vs Once Caldas betting tip 2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga BetPlay match on February 13th, 2025

Junior FC will be playing against Once Caldas in a Liga BetPlay football match scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 13th, 2025, in Colombia, check the Junior FC vs Once Caldas betting tip 2025 to win with your bets.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events, odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Stadium and City where Junior FC vs Once Caldas will occur

The game is set to be played in the great Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez stadium, in the city of Barranquilla, with a capacity for 46692 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Introduction to the Junior FC vs Once Caldas betting tip 2025

Junior FC come from a draw in the last match. The game against Unión Magdalena, valid for the Liga BetPlay, ended with a 0-0. The team coached by C. Farías Acosta entered the field in the last match with a 5-3-2 formation.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga BetPlay, Once Caldas, who used a 4-3-2-1 formation, faced the Atlético Bucaramanga team with a final score of 2-1.

The last encounter between these teams was a Liga BetPlay game on 01-12-2024, in the 2024 season, that ended with Once Caldas winning 1-2.

When these teams last played against each other in Liga BetPlay, Once Caldas ranked 4th place while Junior FC was in 3rd place. Once Caldas initiated hostilities with a 4-4-2 formation while Junior FC played using a 4-2-3-1 tactic.

Junior FC

Leveraging their home advantage in this match, the team will strive to maximize their points tally at the beginning of the championship. Under the guidance of coach César Alejandro Farías Acosta, the team will take to the field with a single-minded focus on securing victory. With the majority of playing time spent on the attack, there is a strong likelihood of an elevated number of corner kicks, presenting an enticing market opportunity.

Current leaderboard

Junior FC comes to this 3 fixture of the local league Apertura tournament standing in 13 position in the table. So far, the team has earned 3 points, with 0 victories, 3 draws and 0 losses.

This will be the second game this season in which the Junior FC team will play at home. There was a 2-2 draw against Rionegro Águilas in the first one.

The possession rate for Junior FC in this competition has been 49.67%, indicating a tendency to play reactively and struggle to control matches. For the Junior FC vs Once Caldas 2025 game, the team should focus on keeping possession and being more proactive in their attacking play.

Once Caldas

Even as a visitor in the duel, Once Caldas will try to get a tie in the match, avoiding a significant point gap at the beginning of the tournament. With this goal in mind, it is expected that Hernán Ramírez' team will act in a more defensive manner, which can cause a low number of goals conceded or even a high number of cards in the match.

Current leaderboard

Once Caldas comes to this 3 fixture of the local league Apertura tournament standing in 6 position in the table. So far, the team has earned 6 points, with 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses.

Once Caldas play away from home for the second time this season. They lost against Atlético Nacional in their first, by 4-0.

With an average of only 6 shots on goal per game, Once Caldas needs to focus on improving their attacking strategy and creating more opportunities to score goals.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners market betting suggestions

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 3 per game.

Cards market betting suggestions

It is also challenging to get a precise average about the number of cards that the teams receive during the matches; however, until now, Junior FC has received 4 yellow cards and 1 red in 3 matches played. At the same time, Once Caldas was cautioned with yellow cards in 4 opportunities and received no red card in 3 games.

Score market betting suggestions

The number of goals that both teams scored and conceded at the start of the championship round can be a successful betting parameter. Junior FC didn't score any goal in the last round games and conceded in 2 opportunities, while Once Caldas scored 4 times and conceded 6 goals.

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