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Independiente Medellin — Llaneros: 2:1, Primera A

Primera A
Independiente Medellin W30 Aug · Home Llaneros · 2:1W4 Sep · Away Deportivo Pereira · 3:0W10 Sep · Away Deportivo Pasto · 4:1L13 Sep · Away Chico · 1:2D18 Sep · Away Bucaramanga · 2:2W23 Sep · Home Jaguares · 2:1
2:1
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Llaneros L28 Aug · Home Millonarios · 0:2L30 Aug · Away Independiente Medellin · 1:2D2 Sep · Home Quindio · 1:1L8 Sep · Home Deportes Tolima · 1:2L12 Sep · Away La Equidad FC · 2:3W21 Sep · Home Atlético Nacional · 2:0
Venue: Estadio Atanasio Girardot City: Medellín

In the Primera A game on 30 August 2026, Independiente Medellin beat Llaneros 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 3:1, corners 2:5.

Match report

Indépendant Medellín grind out narrow victory over Llaneros

Indépendant Medellín secured a 2-1 win against Llaneros at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in the Clausura round eight of Colombia's Primera A. The hosts took an early lead through two first-half goals before Llaneros pulled one back in the second period. And here's the thing — the result keeps the home side above their visitors in the table, though neither side is exactly where they might have hoped to be. J. Medina opened the scoring in the seventeenth minute, and J. Montano doubled the advantage four minutes later. By then, Llaneros had already seen Yony Gonzalez booked in the third minute, a yellow that stood as the first card of the match. The Colombian visitors looked comfortable for the first half, controlling play without necessarily creating clear-cut opportunities. Llaneros pulled one back through F. Meza in the forty-fourth minute, but the equaliser came too late to change the momentum. To be fair, the hosts made several changes around the break — D. Quintero came on for Llaneros at the same time J. Contreras received his second yellow of the afternoon. The game opened up after that, with both sides making substitutions to try and find a winner. Indépendant Medellín weathered the pressure in the second half, with Kelvin Osorio coming off for Llaneros in the fifty-eighth minute as the visitors pushed forward. There were more changes on both sides — J. Medina and J. Montano were replaced together in the sixty-third minute, while Llaneros brought on J. Medranda. The home side's defence held firm, making clearances and interceptions to keep out the visitors' attacks. The statistics tell a straightforward story: Indépendant Medellín had nine shots to Llaneros' three, though only three found the target. By then, the hosts had created one big chance while the visitors managed none. Both teams shared possession equally at fifty percent, but the final third tells where the game was decided — eight crosses from Llaneros compared to just two from the hosts. Indépendant Medellín moved up to eleventh place with twenty-six points from nineteen games, while Llaneros remained fourteenth with twenty-two points. The result ended Llaneros' run of only one win in their last five matches, a form that has seen them struggle away from home. And here's the thing about these mid-table fixtures — they're often decided by moments rather than sustained dominance.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50
Shots on target 3 – 1
Shots off target 6 – 2
Expected goals 1.23 – 0.66

Match events

  1. 3' 0:0 Independiente Medellin Yellow card Yony Gonzalez
  2. 17' 1:0 Independiente Medellin Goal J. Medina assist: F. Fabra
  3. 21' 2:0 Independiente Medellin Goal J. Montano assist: J. Quintero
  4. 28' 2:0 Llaneros Yellow card J. Contreras
  5. 28' 2:0 Llaneros Substitution D. Quintero off: J. Castilla
  6. 44' 2:1 Llaneros Goal F. Meza assist: J. Ramirez
  7. 50' 2:1 Independiente Medellin Yellow card K. Mantilla
  8. 54' 2:1 Llaneros Yellow card Kelvin Osorio
  9. 58' 2:1 Llaneros Substitution Kelvin Osorio off: L. Miranda
  10. 58' 2:1 Llaneros Substitution J. Medranda off: J. Escobar Salcedo
  11. 61' 2:1 Llaneros Yellow card L. Miranda
  12. 63' 2:1 Independiente Medellin Substitution J. Medina off: C. Lucumi
  13. 63' 2:1 Independiente Medellin Substitution J. Montano off: K. Klinger
  14. 63' 2:1 Independiente Medellin Substitution L. Escorcia off: H. Loboa
  15. 64' 2:1 Llaneros Yellow card J. Pertuz
  16. 73' 2:1 Llaneros Substitution J. Ramirez off: Y. Mena
  17. 73' 2:1 Llaneros Substitution F. Castaneda off: B. Chury
  18. 77' 2:1 Independiente Medellin Substitution Yony Gonzalez off: J. Mena
  19. 78' 2:1 Independiente Medellin Yellow card K. Klinger
  20. 83' 2:1 Independiente Medellin Substitution F. Fabra off: N. Erazo
  21. 83' 2:1 Independiente Medellin Substitution A. Martegani off: D. Moreno
  22. 87' 2:1 Llaneros Substitution C. Cortes off: N. Ospina
  23. 90+2' 2:1 Independiente Medellin Yellow card C. Lucumi

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50
3 Shots on target 1
6 Shots off target 2
1.23 Expected goals 0.66
1 Big chances 0
78 Attacks 98
2 Corners 5
10 Fouls 10
9 Free kicks 10
1 Offsides 1
4 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
5 Goal kicks 10
21 Throw-ins 25
All statistics
15/2075% Aerial duels 5/2025%
81 Backward passes 68
2 Blocked shots 4
15 Clearances 16
3/838% Crosses 4/2516%
5/1338% Dribbles 4/1136%
0.74 Expected assists 0.27
64 Failed passes 66
0 Goalkeeper saves 1
4 Interceptions 7
10 Key passes 3
24/4751% Long passes 36/6258%
41 Passes into the final third 67
175 Passes in the opposition half 252
254 Passes in own half 174
0.27 Shot accuracy 0.14
5 Shots from outside the box 3
6 Shots inside the box 4
11/1479% Tackles 8/1173%
421 Total passes 401

Line-ups

Independiente Medellin

Starting XI
# Player number
25 Eder Aleixo Chaux Ospina 25
4 Kevin Mantilla 4
5 Joaquín Varela Moreno 5
18 Frank Fabra 18
39 Luis Fernando Escorcia Urieta 39
6 Didier Moreno 6
8 Juan Fernando Quintero 8
11 Yony Alexander González Copete 11
20 J. Montano 20
21 Agustín Alberto Martegani 21
9 Jeison Medina Escobar 9
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Salvador Ichazo Fernández 1
13 Han Mena 13
19 Alfonso Simarra 19
14 Baldomero Perlaza Perlaza 14
16 H. Loboa 16
24 Nivaldo Erazo 24
31 Diego Moreno 31
34 Kainer Climinger 34
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Llaneros

Starting XI
# Player number
22 Roameth Romaña Garavito 22
4 Juan Pertus 4
21 Francisco Javier Meza Palma 21
26 Dennys Fabián Quintero Loor 26
94 Jimmy Medranda 94
2 Howell Harley Mena Posada 2
8 H. Ramirez 8
32 Frank Castañeda 32
33 Kelvin Osorio 33
70 Joel Jesús Contreras Torres 70
9 Carlos Cortés 9
Substitutes
# Player number
12 Juan Loayza 12
3 Victor Vidal 3
13 Juan Andrés Castilla Lozano 13
16 Jhojan Escobar Salcedo 16
7 Luis Miranda 7
10 N. Ospina 10
17 Yorleys Mena Palacios 17
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Match prediction: Independiente Medellin — Llaneros

Win: Independiente Medellin

Confidence 60%

Reasoning

  • Индепендьенте Медельин — 11. place, 26 points after 19 games (7 wins, 5 draws, 7 losses)
  • Льянерос — 14. place, 22 points after 19 games (4 wins, 10 draws, 5 losses)
  • Индепендьенте Медельин, last 5 games: 3 wins, 2 losses
  • Льянерос, last 5 games: 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 losses
  • Head-to-head: 3 games, Индепендьенте Медельин — 2, 1 draws, Льянерос — 0
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W30 Aug · Home Llaneros · 2:1W4 Sep · Away Deportivo Pereira · 3:0W10 Sep · Away Deportivo Pasto · 4:1L13 Sep · Away Chico · 1:2D18 Sep · Away Bucaramanga · 2:2W23 Sep · Home Jaguares · 2:1

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L28 Aug · Home Millonarios · 0:2L30 Aug · Away Independiente Medellin · 1:2D2 Sep · Home Quindio · 1:1L8 Sep · Home Deportes Tolima · 1:2L12 Sep · Away La Equidad FC · 2:3W21 Sep · Home Atlético Nacional · 2:0

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