Atletico Nacional vs Sporting Cristal Betting Tips and Predictions

Atletico Nacional got off to a dream start last week in this competition. Away wins in the Libertadores are hard to come by so to win 2-0 in Argentina against Huracan was the ideal way to begin their campaign. Indeed they have won 7 of their 8 matches this season, beating Deportivo Cali twice to lift the Colombian Super Cup prior to 4 wins out of 5 in the league and that win in Buenos Aires.

Sporting Cristal are going pretty nicely too though so this could be a good game. Sporting are unbeaten in 2016 and top the Peruvian Primera Division after 6 matches. They drew 1-1 at home to Penarol in their opening Libertadores games and have picked up impressive wins over Alianza Atletico and Alianza Lima since then, scoring 7 goals in the process.

This trip to Medellin will unquestionably be the toughest match they’ve faced so far this term though. Atletico have only lost 1 of their last 23 home games in all competitions and have won all of their last 12 at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot. Their home record in this competition isn’t quite so fearsome though and they’ve only won 4 of their 24 home games over the past decade by more than 1 goal.

Sporting Cristal are a tough side to beat as their unbeaten start to this season would suggest and they avoided defeat in 5 of their 6 group games last year in the Libertadores although too many draws meant they didn’t progress. Therefore backing Sporting Cristal +2 Goal Handicap at 8/11 certainly looks a tempting bet here.

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