Cynical Press
Junior
Junior broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 16 fouls and 5 bookings.
- Fouls
- 16
- Yellow cards
- 5
Primera A · Clausura · 3
Atletico Nacional
Andrés Sarmiento 8'
Andrés Román 17', 71'
3 – 1
FT
HT 2–1
Junior
Guillermo Paiva 24'
Primera A
Clausura · 3Atletico Nacional3–1Junior
9
Shots in the box
6
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
8′17′24′71′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Atletico Nacional 3-1 Junior
Atletico Nacional saw off Junior 3-1 at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Primera A. Sarmiento opened the scoring for Atletico Nacional on 8', Román made it 2-0 to Atletico Nacional on 17', Paiva pulled one back for Junior on 24' and Román added his second on 71'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Atletico Nacional took 9 of their 19 attempts inside the box, Junior 6 of 9. Atletico Nacional held 58.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Junior graded out for cynical press — 16 fouls and 5 yellow cards.
A. Román came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.7 for Atletico Nacional from 2 goals, 4 shots and 2 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 10 yellow cards, with Junior conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
58%Possession42%
19Shots9
What the numbers say
1 readTimeline
Andrés Sarmiento — assist: Neider Parra Moya
⚽8'
Andrés Román — assist: James Rodríguez
⚽17'
Neider Parra Moya
Argument
🟨20'
🟨22'
Déiber Caicedo
Argument
⚽24'
Guillermo Paiva — assist: Bryan Castrillón
Half-time
Juan Rosa ↑ Andrés Sarmiento ↓
🔄51'
Elías Lautaro Cabrera
Foul
🟨52'
Edwin Cardona ↑ Yeicar Perlaza ↓
🔄62'
🔄62'
Cristian Barrios ↑ Bryan Castrillón ↓
🔄62'
Luis Muriel ↑ Teófilo Gutiérrez ↓
🟨65'
Pablo Ortíz
Argument
Milton Casco
Dissent
🟨65'
🟨70'
Fabian Bernal
Foul
Andrés Román — assist: Ian Carlo Poveda
⚽71'
🔄73'
Guillermo Celis ↑ Fabian Bernal ↓
🔄73'
Jannenson Sarmiento ↑ Déiber Caicedo ↓
Juan Zapata ↑ James Rodríguez ↓
🔄74'
Mateus Uribe ↑ Elías Lautaro Cabrera ↓
🔄74'
Edwin Cardona
Foul
🟨74'
Emanuel Benitez ↑ Ian Carlo Poveda ↓
🔄74'
Ian Carlo Poveda
Dissent
🟨77'
🔄83'
Jesús Rivas ↑ Juan David Ríos ↓
🟨89'
Jermein Pena
Foul
🟨90+2'
Daniel Rivera
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEstadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellin
RefereeAndres Rojas
CompetitionPrimera A
Season2026
RoundClausura · 3
StatusMatch Finished