Cúcuta Deportivo get ready to welcome Independiente Medellín for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa Betplay Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cúcuta Deportivo and Independiente Medellín.
Cúcuta Deportivo form and stats
Cúcuta was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Copa Betplay.The story so far in the Torneo Betplay for Cúcuta Deportivo at their home stadium (Estadio General Santander) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The spoils were shared in Cúcuta Deportivo's previous game, also at home. Visiting Cortulua travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Before that, Cúcuta Deportivo had a Torneo Betplay home game versus Fortaleza CEIF which ended with a victory 1-0.The manager Tanucci will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Deportes Quindio in only three days.
Cúcuta Deportivo has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Cúcuta are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio General Santander in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
They also participated in Copa Betplay last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Millonarios drew the shortest straw.Things could have gone better for Independiente Medellín in their Primera A away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Independiente Medellín's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Boyaca Chico that finished 1-1. Cetré got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. Cetré hit three key passes.
A 1-1 draw at Rionegro Aguilas's stadium before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Independiente Medellín manager Sánchez as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Jaguares de Cordoba.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Independiente have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Independiente Medellín have pulled off a streak of 10 consecutive matches without defeat (7-3-0) when playing Cúcuta Deportivo.Top Goalscorers
  E. Cetré Angulo 9 goals |  L. Pons 5 goals |
Cúcuta Deportivo missing players
Independiente Medellín missing players
| Cúcuta Deportivo | Independiente Medellín | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 9 | 30 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barranquilla | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Fortaleza CEIF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Llaneros | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Real Cartagena | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Deportes Quindio | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Cortulua | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Atletico | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Real Soacha | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Leones FC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | Bogota | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Universitario Popayan | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Real Santander | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Orsomarso | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | Patriotas Boyaca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Tigres | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Independiente Medellín | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Atletico Nacional | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Rionegro Aguilas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Millonarios | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Alianza Petrolera | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Deportivo Pasto | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Santa Fe | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Union Magdalena | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Once Caldas | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Junior | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | La Equidad | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Atletico Huila | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | America de Cali | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Deportivo Pereira | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Boyaca Chico | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 19 | Deportivo Cali | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | Envigado | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 2 |
