The third date of the BetPlay Dimayor League is coming. Atlético Nacional will host Once Caldas next Thursday at the Atanasio Girardot. The two teams come to the duel with a thirst for victory and with the desire to add three.
Both ‘the green paisa’ and ‘the white white’ have just lost the previous day. Those led by Jhon Jairo Bodmer lost 4-1 to América de Cali, while the team led by Hernan Darío Herrera fell narrowly against Águilas Doradas.
Best bets Atlético Nacional vs Once Caldas
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Total corners: Minus 9.5 – 1.75 Yagame.
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Total goals: Under 2.5 – 1.77 Yagame.
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Will there be a winner?: Atlético Nacional wins – 1.68 in Yagame.
All odds are courtesy of Yajuego, correct at time of publication and subject to change.
A close match in Medellín: few corners and goals
Atlético Nacional and Once Caldas are old acquaintances in Colombian football. Every time they meet there are sparks in the air, but they can’t make much of a difference.
Firstly, both generate few corner kicks. Of the last five games in which both teams met, they made 60 shots from the corner flag. But this is a figure that can be confusing, since both teams had different technical directors on the bench.
Now, taking into account the changes in dt, both Bodmer’s team and Herrera’s team, in the last four games they played in the league, caused few corner kicks. Once Caldas launched 19, obtaining an average of 4.75. While Atlético Nacional caused 16 charges, which gives an average of 4.0 shots per game.
But if the corner kick numbers are low, so are the goal numbers. It is the first time that both technical directors face their current clubs. But a trend between Atlético Nacional and Once Caldas is clear: there are few scores in their games.
Of the last five games that both played, the results were: 1-1, 1-0, 1-0, 1-2 and 0-0. As history says, the duels between the two are close. The markers are usually not very bulky.
Taking these figures into account, the tendency of both squads, with their new coaches, is to not generate many corner kicks. On the other hand, the goals in a cross between Atlético Nacional and Once Caldas are few. Therefore, thinking about a scenario with less than 9.5 corners and less than 2.5 goals is totally logical.
Best bets Atlético Nacional vs Once Caldas
Jhon Jairo Bodmer: kill or die to take care of the position
Given the rumors of a possible departure of Jhon Jairo Bodmer, the Antioqueño will tune up his team to win at home. And against the big teams in the BetPlat League, Atlético Nacional has found it difficult to win.
But for the match against Once Caldas, the record supports Bodmer. In the last five games that Nacional played against the Manizales team, the ‘verde paisa’ won two, tied two and lost one. So thinking about a favorable result for the Antioquia team is not illogical. Furthermore, everyone in Colombia and South America knows that Atlético Nacional is a competitive team, so they will go out to kill on Thursday at the Atanasio.