Junior vs Cucuta — Copa Colombia 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 11+ matches
Junior50%
Cucuta25%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.5% correct across 581,483 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 49.7% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Junior creates 53% more chances
Season form · 11 home / 14 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Junior ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Junior at home — creates 1.91, concedes 0.91 · 11 matches
Cucuta away — creates 1.14, concedes 1.21 · 14 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Junior attack 1.91 + Cucuta defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.56
Cucuta attack 1.14 + Junior defence 0.91 → ÷2 → 1.02
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 50%?"
Junior at 50% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 50% does not mean "Junior will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Junior host Cucuta on Thursday, 17 August 2023 at 01:30. The match is part of the Copa Colombia 2026/2027 season.
Copa Colombia: Junior 2–1 Cucuta
Junior beat Cucuta 2-1 in Copa Colombia on August 17, 2023.
Goals: C. Bacca (14'), J. Agudelo (54'), L. González (90+9' pen).
The match was played at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla.