La Equidad will hope to rise into the top half of the Colombian topflight when they host Alianza Petrolera in the 12th match of the league. The two sides are two points apart with hosts La Equidad 13th with 14 points while Alianza have 16 points, in eight place. The home team goes to this game winless in the last four matches, having drawn three and with just a clean sheet in the last five games. They’ve scored more than a goal in one of the last five and four of the five matches have produced under 2.5 goals. In their last five matches, both teams have scored and at home in the league, they have managed just two clean sheets in the last five. La Equidad are however winless in the last five matches against Alianza Petrolera.
Alianza Petrolera go into this game on a much stronger run; they are coming from a win and are unbeaten in the last seven. However, in those seven matches, they have just two wins. Both teams have scored in four of their last five matches and they have just one clean sheet in the run while three of their last five matches have produced under 2.5 goals. In five meetings with Equidad, Alianza have four wins and no loss. Alianza will however need to improve on their away run. As they go into this game, they have no win in their last 14 away matches, a run that has seen them register nine draws.
Alianza head into this game with the better run; they have also done well against La Equidad in recent meetings. They don’t have a very good away run going into this game but in their recent form and dominance against Equidad, we will back them to win.