The bragging rights belong to Alianza Petrolera so far this season, with the 6th position in the Liga BetPlay table and welcoming La Equidad (who are placed 11th).
- Alianza Petrolera have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Liga BetPlay
- Alianza Petrolera have scored at least twice as many goals at home as La Equidad have scored away.
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.
Alianza Petrolera form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata as Alianza Petrolera have scored 19 goals to get 24 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Liga BetPlay are 8-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Petrolera bring valid hopes of a third.
The regulars are hoping that Alianza Petrolera will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Independiente Medellin. This club accomplished a ten league rounds long run without a defeat until that game! Petrolera's goalkeeper Graziani was extremely busy against Independiente Medellin, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Deportes Tolima (after extra-time, 1-3 on penalties) in the Copa Colombia. This is expected to be a close game, with Alianza Petrolera perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alianza Petrolera as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Alianza Petrolera has won 9 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.
There will be little rest for Alianza Petrolera after this match as they are travelling to Union Magdalena for a Liga BetPlay game in only three days.
The Petrolera fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. Alianza Petrolera have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
La Equidad form and stats
There's been little loot from La Equidad's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Liga BetPlay. La Equidad only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 7 draws. In general it has been a productive period now for La Equidad as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games.
Equidad delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Junior in their previous match. Midfield player Lima was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Lima hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 68 successful passes (of 78 total).
A defeat, in the Copa Colombia away at Rionegro Aguilas (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties), earlier. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by La Equidad in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for La Equidad, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's latest 11 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
A new game in only three days for Equidad, the Liga BetPlay home match versus Deportes Tolima. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: La Equidad - Alianza Petrolera 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Petrolera four wins, three draws and La Equidad three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Bueno 8 goals |  A. Rodríguez Ossa 6 goals |  M. Gil 5 goals |
Alianza Petrolera missing players
La Equidad missing players
| Alianza Petrolera | La Equidad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 12 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 38 | 29 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 31 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 87% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | 81% |
| 70% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 69% | 65% |
| 43% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 15% | 23% |
| 17% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 15% | 15% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 53% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 62% | 58% |
| 30% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 23% | 31% |
| 30% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 31% | 31% |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 12.8 | 15.1 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.5 | 13.8 |
| 4.7 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 27% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 24% |
| 16.4 | 15.2 | 18.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 16.2 | 12.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
- Alianza Petrolera have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Alianza Petrolera have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Alianza Petrolera have scored at least twice as many goals at home as La Equidad have scored away.
- Alianza Petrolera have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Liga BetPlay
- La Equidad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rionegro Aguilas | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | America de Cali | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Boyaca Chico | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Independiente Medellin | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Junior | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Santa Fe | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | La Equidad | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pereira | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Deportivo Cali | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Envigado | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Once Caldas | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Union Magdalena | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -14 | 19 |
| 20 | Atlético Huila | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 18 |
