Once Caldas supporters put their faith in manager Solís to deliver victory against Atlético Bucaramanga

This football field has the surface grass, unlike Atlético Bucaramanga's home stadium. The former 44 games by the visitors on grass have given 9 wins, 13 draws and 22 losses.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Once Caldas and Atlético Bucaramanga.

Once Caldas form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Once Caldas have to build on here at Estadio Palogrande in the Liga BetPlay. When Once Caldas hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Union Magdalena, Jaguares de Cordoba, Atletico Huila, Envigado, Deportivo Cali and Once Caldas), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Hopes of three in a row are alive for Caldas after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Once Caldas are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Millonarios. Miranda, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the top performer for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.12 (out of 10). Miranda scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Once Caldas had a home game versus Deportivo Pereira which ended with a victory 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Caldas have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

There will be little rest for Once Caldas after this match as they are travelling to Deportivo Pasto for a Liga BetPlay game in only four days.

Once Caldas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Once Caldas's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. 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.

Atlético Bucaramanga form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Atlético Bucaramanga so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose).

Bucaramanga's last game was the home draw against Rionegro Aguilas (1-1). Reina got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, top player of the team. Reina served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).

One match before, 0-0 at home vs Millonarios in the Copa Colombia. Atlético Bucaramanga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 6 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Atlético Bucaramanga are hosting Deportivo Cali in the Liga BetPlay only three days away.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Atlético Bucaramanga's away games in the league this season with only {5 goals} from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bucaramanga have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Atlético Bucaramanga - Once Caldas 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - five - one (Once Caldas wins - draws - Atlético Bucaramanga wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Moreno Galindo 13 goals

G. Lencina 9 goals

J. Maza Rodríguez 3 goals

Once Caldas missing players

Atlético Bucaramanga missing players