In the Primera A game on 25 September 2026, Atlético Nacional beat Millonarios 1:1. Match numbers: corners 3:2, fouls 16:17.
Match report
Atletico Nacional Hold On For Point Against Millonarios
Atletico Nacional and Millonarios shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw at Estadio Atanasio Girardot on Thursday evening. The Colombian Primera A Clausura stage twelve encounter kept the table leaders on top, though perhaps not as comfortably as they might have hoped. By then, you'd expect a team sitting first with forty points to take something from home against a side ten places below them.
And here's the thing — the match had its rhythm, or lack of it. Julian Angulo gave the hosts the lead in the thirty-ninth minute before Andrés Reyes equalised three minutes into the second half. Atletico were unfortunate with their chances; they registered three shots on target with nine off target, yet expected goals sat at just 0.99. To be fair, Millonarios were more clinical — three shots on target from three attempts, and their expected goals figure of 0.54 doesn't tell the whole story.
There were moments that drew attention, particularly around the twenty-minute mark when Chicho Arango came on for Atletico. The substitution shifted something, though it's difficult to say what exactly. Later, Andres Sarmiento's red card in the eighty-fifth minute changed the complexion entirely. Backs against the walls for Millonarios after that, but they held firm.
The statistics tell a story of control without penetration. Atletico dominated possession at fifty-nine per cent and completed 322 passes compared to 191 for the visitors. They launched 13 crosses and attempted 11 dribbles, yet created zero big chances. Millonarios, meanwhile, made only three key passes and completed just five successful tackles, but they kept their heads when it mattered.
What this means for the table is that Atletico extend their lead at the summit, though the margin feels tighter than the fourteen-point gap suggests. Millonarios remain ten places adrift with twenty-six points after nineteen games. They've drawn three of their last five matches, including two with Deportivo Cali and Deportivo Pereira — consistency in results, if not in performance.
We had backed Atletico for victory at fifty-five per cent confidence before kick-off. The match went another way. Three shots on target, a red card, and a goal that came after half-time — sometimes the numbers don't predict the outcome, and that's football.
The full prediction and analysis is available at /ru/football/prediction/atletico-nacional-millonarios-2026-09-25-10133/
