Down To Ten
Fortaleza FC
Fortaleza FC played the closing 73 minutes a man down after a 17′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 17′
- Player
- Jhon Solis
Primera A · Clausura · 11Fortaleza FC
Y. Diaz 65'
1 – 4
FT
HT 0–2
Junior
J. Pena 19'
T. Gutierrez 26'
D. Caicedo 48'
F. Fydriszewski 53'
Primera A
Clausura · 11Fortaleza FC1–4Junior
0.77
Expected goals
1.82
17′19′26′48′53′65′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: FOR 0.77, JUN 1.82.
Match report
Fortaleza FC 1-4 Junior
Junior were far too strong for Fortaleza FC 4-1 at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Primera A. Pena opened the scoring for Junior on 19', Gutierrez made it 2-0 to Junior on 26' from the penalty spot, Caicedo made it 3-0 to Junior on 48', Fydriszewski made it 4-0 to Junior on 53' from the penalty spot and Diaz pulled one back for Fortaleza FC on 65'.
Expected goals finished Fortaleza FC 0.77, Junior 1.82. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Junior held 59.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Solis was sent off on 17', leaving Fortaleza FC 73 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Junior graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 1.82 expected goals. Junior graded out for better chances — 0.23 xg per shot and 8 v 8 shots.
D. Caicedo came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.6 for Junior from 1 goal, 1 key pass and 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 35 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with Junior conceding the most free-kicks (20).
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
41%Possession59%
8Shots8
0.77xG1.82
What the numbers say
5 readsClinical Edge
Junior
Junior finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 1.82 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 1.82
- Overperformance
- +2.18
Better Chances
Junior
Junior did not shoot more, they shot better — 0.23 xG per attempt against 0.10.
- xG per shot
- 0.23
- Opponent
- 0.10
- Shots
- 8 v 8
Shooting From Range
Fortaleza FC
Fortaleza FC could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 75% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 6 of 8
- Share
- 75%
- xG per shot
- 0.10
Timeline
Jhon Solis · Card upgrade
📺16'
Jhon Solis
Violent conduct
🟥17'
⚽19'
J. Pena
Andres Copete
Foul
🟨24'
⚽26'
T. Gutierrez (Pen)
Half-time
🟨46'
Francisco Fydriszewski
Foul
⚽48'
D. Caicedo — assist: Y. Suarez
⚽53'
F. Fydriszewski (Pen)
D. Ramirez ↑ A. Copete ↓
🔄54'
S. Cuero ↑ M. Vazquez ↓
🔄54'
🔄60'
G. Paiva ↑ F. Fydriszewski ↓
J. Garcia ↑ S. Vivas ↓
🔄61'
F. Pulicastro ↑ J. Herrera ↓
🔄61'
Y. Diaz
⚽65'
🔄69'
Y. Chara ↑ T. Gutierrez ↓
🔄69'
C. Barrios ↑ D. Caicedo ↓
Sebastián Navarro
Foul
🟨80'
B. Mejia ↑ S. Navarro ↓
🔄80'
🔄83'
J. Rios ↑ F. S. Angel Bernal ↓
🔄83'
A. Shmalbach ↑ J. Pena ↓
Santiago Cuero
Foul
🟨88'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEstadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogota
RefereeFerney Ossa Orozco, Colombia
CompetitionPrimera A
Season2026
RoundClausura · 11
StatusMatch Finished