Atlético Nacional welcomes Deportivo Cali to this second leg of the Copa Betplay Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
Last season their Copa Betplay adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot as Atlético Nacional have scored 9 goals to get 17 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Liga BetPlay are 5-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Copa Betplay, Atlético Nacional has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Atlético tasted defeat here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot, as they have taken at least one point from their last 17 home games in the league.
Atlético Nacional drew their last game, also a home match. Independiente Medellin was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfielder Jarlan Barrera was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.25 (out of ten) in that game. Barrera hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 57 successful passes (of 61 total).
Before that match, a Liga BetPlay win away at Atletico Huila.Atlético are traveling soon after this match as the Liga BetPlay match at America de Cali awaits in three days.
The Atlético fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Atlético have only let in 2 goals at home.
Deportivo Cali form and stats
They also participated in Copa Betplay last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga BetPlay. When we have look at the Copa Betplay statistics, we find 2W-3D-0L. This is both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to America de Cali in their previous outing. The Liga BetPlay match ended in a draw 1-1. As mentioned above, Cali drew the match against America de Cali. Manager R. Dudamel Ochoa brought on Harold Preciado to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Defender Darwin Andrade was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Andrade won 6 of 6 duels.
A draw for Cali before that, at their own venue hosting La Equidad (2-2).There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cali manager R. Dudamel Ochoa as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Rionegro Aguilas.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cali have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. As opposed to that, Deportivo Cali have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Deportivo Cali - Atlético Nacional 2-2 was the scoreline in these squads' previous H2H game, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these sides: Atlético won three, Deportivo Cali were winners in two and we saw five draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Duque Montoya 19 goals | J. Barrera Escalona 9 goals | B. Perlaza Perlaza 7 goals |
Atlético Nacional missing players
Deportivo Cali missing players
| Atlético Nacional | Deportivo Cali | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 15 | Scored | S | 20 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 4 | Conceded | C | 21 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Junior | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Alianza Petrolera | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | America de Cali | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellin | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Envigado | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Deportivo Cali | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Deportes Quindio | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Santa Fe | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Rionegro Aguilas | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | La Equidad | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 18 | Deportivo Pasto | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 19 | Once Caldas | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
| 20 | Atletico Huila | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -14 | 7 |