Atlético Nacional welcomes Santa Fe to this second leg of the Copa Betplay Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It's no vacation for neither Atlético 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.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
Last season, Atlético's Copa Betplay journey ended in the quarter-finals.5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Atlético Nacional have to build on here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in the Primera A. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Betplay for Atlético Nacional. 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 15 home games in the league.
Atlético's previous game was a Primera A match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus La Equidad. The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Geisson Perea got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Perea won 6 of 6 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Santa Fe (1-2).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Atlético matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, three draws and zero defeats (from six games).
Atlético are traveling soon after this match as the Primera A match at Junior 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 7 in 5 matches. Atlético have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.
Santa Fe form and stats
Santa Fe's mission in Copa Betplay last season failed in the 8th finals.Playing away, Santa Fe have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primera A this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Betplay stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Santa has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 29 days ago, in the La Equidad fixture.
Santa Fe's last game was the home draw against Alianza Petrolera (1-1). Defender Edwin Herrera was the best team player with a rating of 7.74. Herrera hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels. The draw against Alianza Petrolera came from a losing position. The Santa manager G. Méndez Granados brought on Ronaldo Dinolis as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Atlético Nacional in the Copa Betplay.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Santa playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
The schedule is very tough for Santa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera A game at Deportivo Pasto is waiting in only four days.
Santa find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. 5 goals have been conceded by Santa Fe in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived scoreline between these sides is the Santa Fe - Atlético 2-1 played previously this season. Atlético-Santa Fe H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Atlético Nacional six wins, Santa Fe two wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Duque Montoya 16 goals | J. Barrera Escalona 8 goals |  K. Osorio Antury 8 goals |
Atlético Nacional missing players
Santa Fe missing players
| Atlético Nacional | Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 27 | ||
| 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 45% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Envigado | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Alianza Petrolera | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | America de Cali | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pereira | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Deportes Quindio | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Junior | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Independiente Medellin | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | La Equidad | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Deportivo Cali | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Deportivo Pasto | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 17 | Santa Fe | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Patriotas Boyaca | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Atletico Huila | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Once Caldas | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 5 |