Coquimbo Unido reversed the score to make it 2-1 over Junior away from home and would advance to the Copa Sudamericana semi-finals even losing 1-0 at Estadio Francisco Sanchez Rumoroso. On a sorry note, they suffered a heavy blow last Sunday, when losing 1-0 at Deportes La Serena in derby, which stopped their four-match unbeaten run of two wins and two draws in all competitions. Furthermore, they continue occupying 17th spot of the Chilean league table on 23 points in 22 rounds (just two above bottom-placed Colo Colo), which means they would play a relegation play-off if the season ends now. However, Coquimbo lost only one of their last five home matches, winning two and drawing two.
Junior need to score twice in Chile to return to the semi-finals in this competition following their 2-1 home defeat to Coquimbo Unido last Wednesday. To make matters worse, the team lost 2-1 at their own stadium to America Cali last Sunday, which knocked them out of the Colombian league playoffs in the semi-finals. Junior are winless in their last four games in regular time, drawing one and losing three. On away turf, they won one and lost one of the last five, along with three stalemates.
Junior could miss players due to COVID cases but they still have a powerful attack in with nothing to lose and in this must-win situation they will go all-in attack and I expect an open game.