Cucuta Deportivo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Atletico Nacional.
It's no vacation for neither Cúcuta Deportivo nor Atlético Nacional as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cúcuta Deportivo form and stats
Cúcuta Deportivo are steadily winning Primera A games and points here at Estadio General Santander. 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games.
In their previous game, the manager G. Sanguinetti led his Cúcuta Deportivo to a defeat in the Primera A match away at Junior. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio General Santander. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Deportes Tolima.
The Cúcuta Deportivo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Cúcuta Deportivo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Primera A, on their Primera A travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. Atlético Nacional has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Atlético Nacional's last game was the home draw against Deportes Tolima (1-1). A 0-2 defeat away at Junior before that.
Atlético Nacional have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Atlético Nacional - Cúcuta Deportivo 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 4 - 3 (Cúcuta Deportivo wins - draws - Atlético Nacional wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Agudelo 14 goals |   H. Barcos 11 goals |  C. Valencia 10 goals |
Cúcuta Deportivo missing players
Atlético Nacional missing players
| Cúcuta Deportivo | Atlético Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 45 | 22 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 25 | 51 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 56 | 35 | 8 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | 66 |
| 62 | 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 53 |
| 96% | 95% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 76% | 84% |
| 78% | 86% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 60% | 63% |
| 51% | 55% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 44% | 45% |
| 29% | 41% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 16% | 27% |
| 9% | 9% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 4% | 10% |
| 60% | 68% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 52% | 55% |
| 20% | 27% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| 24% | 9% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 40% | 27% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 458 | 258 | 65 | Total Shots | T S | 65 | 265 | 639 |
| 159 | 95 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 99 | 244 |
| 35% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 26% |
- Atlético Nacional has the most dropped points from leading position (29)
- Atlético Nacional has the most points (17) away
- Atlético Nacional has the the best goal difference (+13)
- Atlético Nacional has the the best goal difference (+5) away
- Atlético Nacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cúcuta Deportivo has the most conceded goals in the second half (41)
- Cúcuta Deportivo has the most scored goals in the first half (32)
- Cúcuta Deportivo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | América de Cali | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 35 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Junior | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Santa Fe | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellin | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Once Caldas | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 11 | Millonarios | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 12 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Patriotas Boyaca | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Envigado | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 17 | La Equidad | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Atletico Huila | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 24 | -23 | 15 |
| 20 | Union Magdalena | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | -14 | 14 |