The league table is allowed to rest as Deportivo Cali and Independiente Medellín battle for Copa Betplay honors in this first 8th Finals leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Deportivo Cali form and stats
Cali participated in Copa Betplay the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Three Primera A home games done for Deportivo Cali, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
It's back home for Cali, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Alianza Petrolera away with the result 3-2. Ángelo Rodríguez (2) and Jhon Vásquez found the net in that victory. The attacker Ángelo Rodríguez was "man of the match" for Cali with a rating of 8.4/10. Rodríguez scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. Harold Preciado was sent off in the Alianza Petrolera game, in the 75th minute when Deportivo Cali were losing. Miraculously the team were able to turn the game around despite the red card, winning 3-2 in the end.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Millonarios that ended 2-2.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Deportivo Cali, as the Primera A home game vs Junior is only four days away.
Cali has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. On the other hand, Cali have conceded 4 goals.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
Independiente was sent out of Copa Betplay in the finals last season.Still no away game victory in the Primera A for Independiente Medellín with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Independiente play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Millonarios. Andrés Cadavid was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.31. The defender Cadavid hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against América de Cali in the Primera A.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Independiente manager H. Gómez Jaramillo as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Atletico Huila.
Goals are few and far between in Independiente's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. Independiente Medellín are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cali three wins, five draws and Independiente Medellín two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Vuletich 8 goals |  Á. Rodríguez Henry 5 goals |  G. Rodríguez Maeso 5 goals |
Deportivo Cali missing players
Independiente Medellín missing players
| Deportivo Cali | Independiente Medellín | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7.3 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Envigado | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Alianza Petrolera | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | América de Cali | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Junior | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Deportivo Cali | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Deportes Quindio | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Independiente Medellín | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Rionegro Águilas | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | La Equidad | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Patriotas Boyaca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Santa Fe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Once Caldas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 19 | Atletico Huila | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 20 | Deportivo Pasto | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 1 |