Atlético Nacional get ready to welcome Deportivo Pereira for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa Betplay Finals leg 1 of 2.
There have been limited time to rest for the host team, as they featured in a Primera A match only four days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Atletico Bucaramanga, was also a home game here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot. The away team is better rested.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
Atlético was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Copa Betplay.Atlético Nacional have performed here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot this season with 6 wins from 9 Primera A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. 4W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Betplay for Atlético Nacional. The Atlético Nacional fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot and will expect new points from this game. Atlético Nacional has played 19 games in a row here without a defeat.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 201 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Andrade was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Aldair Alejandro Quintana Rojas not having conceded a league goal in 378 minutes.
The spoils were shared in Atlético's previous game, also at home. Visiting Atletico Bucaramanga travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Danovis Banguero, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Banguero won 6 of 7 duels.
0-0 away at Jaguares de Cordoba before that.Atlético are traveling soon after this match as the Primera A match at Independiente Medellin awaits in four days.
Atlético Nacional are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. As for guarding their own goal, Atlético have only let in 2 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Deportivo Pereira form and stats
Last season their Copa Betplay adventure ended in the 8th finals.5-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Deportivo Pereira in their Primera A matches away. Total Copa Betplay statistics for Deportivo Pereira: 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. With three draws in a row for Pereira the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
The attacking players of Pereira have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes. 230 minutes! That's how long the Deportivo Pereira goalkeeper Santiago Castano and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Pereira's last game was the home draw against Jaguares de Cordoba (0-0). Midfield player Jhonny Vásquez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Vásquez hit two key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 58 total).
Before that, Pereira travelled to Independiente Medellin and returned home with a draw after the Primera A game finished 0-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primera A trip to Atletico Huila.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Deportivo Pereira have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Atlético-Deportivo Pereira H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Atlético Nacional five wins, Deportivo Pereira two wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Duque Montoya 20 goals | J. Barrera Escalona 9 goals | B. Perlaza Perlaza 7 goals |
Atlético Nacional missing players
Deportivo Pereira missing players
| Atlético Nacional | Deportivo Pereira | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 44 | 16 | Scored | S | 17 | 33 | ||
| 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 44% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 36% | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 41 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Junior | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Deportivo Cali | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Envigado | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 10 | Santa Fe | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | America de Cali | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Deportes Quindio | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | La Equidad | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 15 | Independiente Medellin | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 16 | Rionegro Aguilas | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Once Caldas | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 18 | Deportivo Pasto | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 19 | Patriotas Boyaca | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Atletico Huila | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 14 | -22 | 7 |