A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Atlético Bucaramanga and Santa Fe know what's at stake in this second leg of the Copa Betplay 8th Finals clash.
It's no vacation for neither Bucaramanga nor Santa Fe 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.
1-0-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Santa Fe when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those four matches are 5-7 (scored/conceded).
Atlético Bucaramanga form and stats
Bucaramanga was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Copa Betplay.1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Betplay for Atlético Bucaramanga.
Bucaramanga's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Alianza Petrolera. Midfielder John Hernandez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Hernandez hit one key pass and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).
A Copa Betplay defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Santa Fe.This is expected to be a close game, with Bucaramanga perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Atlético Bucaramanga as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Atlético Bucaramanga has won seven of these, drawn five and lost three.
Bucaramanga are traveling soon after this match as the Primera A match at Once Caldas awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Atlético Bucaramanga in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Santa Fe form and stats
Santa Fe's mission in Copa Betplay last season failed in the 8th finals.Things could have gone better for Santa Fe in their Primera A away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Santa's last game was the home draw against America de Cali (1-1). Midfield player Juan Pedroza was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Pedroza hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Atlético Bucaramanga in the Copa Betplay.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santa Fe playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were one Santa win, five draws and four defeats.
Santa have another game away from home in just three sleeps, a Primera A game vs Independiente Medellin. A hard diary for the guests!
The travelling fans enjoy Santa's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Santa's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This duo encountered each other before this match year: Santa Fe - Bucaramanga 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Atlético Bucaramanga wins - draws - Santa Fe wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Fernández Garcés 8 goals |  K. Osorio Antury 8 goals | A. Quintana 6 goals |
Atlético Bucaramanga missing players
Santa Fe missing players
| Atlético Bucaramanga | Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 29 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | ||
| 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 Nacional | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Envigado | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Alianza Petrolera | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Deportes Tolima | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | America de Cali | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Deportes Quindio | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Junior | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Deportivo Pereira | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Deportivo Cali | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Independiente Medellin | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | La Equidad | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Atletico Huila | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Santa Fe | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 19 | Once Caldas | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 20 | Deportivo Pasto | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 2 |