Cucuta Deportivo

vs

CD Jaguares de Cordoba

Preview

Cúcuta Deportivo

• Cúcuta Deportivo have been more consistent, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 4 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
• Cúcuta Deportivo will feel they can do better this time around because they are a more consistent outfit than their visitors with 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats in their last 10 versus Jaguares' 2 wins and 8 losses.
• Nicolás Chiesa's flexible 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 tactics have given Cúcuta a pragmatic side that can play wide when they have the ball, but remain solid and compact when it goes to the opposition.
• They are 4-1-2 at home in all competitions, conceding an average of just 1.00 goals per game, so they have a solid foundation to build from at El Motilón.

CD Jaguares de Cordoba

• CD Jaguares de Cordoba have a worse record of 1 win and 4 defeats in their last 5 games and they are on a 3-game losing streak.
• Jaguares' 4-2-3-1 system has been reactive of late with Hubert Bodhert's side looking easy to get at out wide, which has cost them dearly.
• Their most recent 3 outings have been 0-1 and 0-2 away losses to Deportivo Pereira and Deportivo Pasto and a 0-4 at-home defeat to Atlético Bucaramanga.

Head-to-Head

Betting Insights

• A Cúcuta win is the most likely outcome, although the 1.74 home price is short enough to pass on.
• There is a good chance that Jaguares won't score and we are going to back Cúcuta to keep them off the board at 1.87 rather than back the home win outright.
• Over 2.5 goals at 1.92 suggests the likeliest scoreline will have a few goals in it with the damage done by the host.

Prediction

• Jaguares will need to get it right in the first half of the match because Cúcuta are very capable of dictating the tempo and phases in which the game is played.
• The hosts will get most of the ball, but Jaguares will not be able to sustain pressure for too long and they are set up to counter-attack, so a one-sided game looks likely.