The league table is allowed to rest as Cortuluá and Fortaleza CEIF battle for Copa Betplay honors in this first 3rd Round leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Cortuluá nor Fortaleza CEIF 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.
Cortuluá form and stats
Cortuluá was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Copa Betplay.The overall Liga BetPlay statistics playing at home this season for Cortuluá are 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Cortuluá lost their last game at Deportivo Cali after a 1-2 scoreline. The versatile forward Ruíz outshone all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Ruíz scored one goal.
Before that, Cortuluá drew at home versus Envigado.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cortuluá matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, one draw and one defeat (from six games).
Cortuluá are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games.
Fortaleza CEIF form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Universitario Popayan and Valledupar in order to reach 3rd round of Copa Betplay. They also participated in Copa Betplay last season. This ended in the 1st round.Playing away, Fortaleza CEIF have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Primera B this season.
Fortaleza CEIF play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Boyaca Chico.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Deportes Quindio in the Primera B.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Fortaleza when being an outsider away as they are today, we find eight matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing two and winning one game.
A new game in only three days for Fortaleza CEIF, the Primera B home match versus Universitario Popayan. Busy days.
Fortaleza CEIF find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Cortuluá victories, two draws and two Fortaleza CEIF wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Mercado Galera 11 goals |  A. Parra Osorio 10 goals |
Cortuluá missing players
Fortaleza CEIF missing players
| Cortuluá | Fortaleza CEIF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.8 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 45% | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 6.4 | ||
| 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellin | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Once Caldas | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Envigado | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Alianza Petrolera | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Junior | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | La Equidad | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Cortuluá | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | America de Cali | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Rionegro Águilas | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 14 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyacá | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Deportivo Pasto | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 19 | Deportivo Cali | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 20 | Unión Magdalena | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leones FC | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Fortaleza CEIF | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Bogota | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Real Cartagena | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Deportes Quindio | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Valledupar | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Orsomarso | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Boyaca Chico | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Tigres | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Atletico | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Llaneros | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Real San Andres | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Barranquilla | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Universitario Popayan | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Atletico Huila | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
