A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Atlético Nacional and América de Cali know what's at stake in this second leg of the Copa Betplay Round of 16 clash.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
Last season, Atlético's Copa Betplay journey ended in the quarter-finals against Junior FC.Perfect Liga BetPlay season at home so far for Atlético Nacional 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Atlético Nacional's last game was hosting Atletico Bucaramanga and winning 2-1. Palacios (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.43/10. Palacios scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Racing Club in the Copa Libertadores. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlético Nacional handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats.
The manager de Andrade will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Atletico Huila in only three days.
Atlético Nacional has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
América de Cali form and stats
They also participated in Copa Betplay last season. This ended in the round of 16, when Union Magdalena drew the shortest straw.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of América de Cali playing as the away team in the Liga BetPlay this season.
The manager Vélez was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero. América de Cali suffered a 1-3 loss to Independiente Medellin. Midfielder Cardona was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.11. Cardona scored one goal and hit four key passes.
Ahead of that match was the Liga BetPlay away draw versus La Equidad that ended 1-1.América are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the América de Cali manager Vélez as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Envigado.
It's early days yet, but América de Cali has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Atlético have avoided defeat in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) facing América de Cali.It's not the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: América de Cali - Atlético Nacional 1-3.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Suárez 10 goals |  J. Duque Montoya 8 goals |  D. Pabón Ríos 6 goals |
Atlético Nacional missing players
América de Cali missing players
| Atlético Nacional | América de Cali | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 14.2 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 14.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 30% | ||
| 13.9 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Independiente Medellin | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Rionegro Aguilas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Alianza Petrolera | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Atlético Nacional | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Once Caldas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | La Equidad | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pasto | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Deportes Tolima | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Atletico Huila | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Santa Fe | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | América de Cali | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Millonarios | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Union Magdalena | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Junior FC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Boyaca Chico | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 19 | Envigado | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 20 | Deportivo Pereira | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
