The league table is allowed to rest as Independiente Medellín and Tigres battle for Copa Betplay honors in this first Round of 16 leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Independiente nor Tigres 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.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
Last season, Independiente Medellín's Copa Betplay journey ended in the 8th finals against Deportivo Cali.Home games in the Primera A have been a walk in the park for Independiente Medellín so far, with 22 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Independiente Medellín's previous fixture was a Copa Betplay game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 versus Tigres. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Primera A home game that ended 0-0 versus Unión Magdalena.Independiente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Independiente Medellín have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Tigres form and stats
They also participated in Copa Betplay last season. This ended in the 2nd round, when Barranquilla drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primera B.
Two away games in a row for Tigres, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Independiente Medellín in the Copa Betplay.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fortaleza CEIF at their stadium, the result 2-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tigres as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Independiente Medellín one win, zero draws and Tigres one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be from the last two encounters.Top Goalscorers
  D. Cambindo Abonia 3 goals |
Independiente Medellín missing players
Tigres missing players
| Independiente Medellín | Tigres | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | ||
| 22 | 4 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 44% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.6 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| 6.7 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Junior FC | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Envigado | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Once Caldas | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Alianza Petrolera | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | La Equidad | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Santa Fe | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | América de Cali | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Deportivo Pasto | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Rionegro Aguilas | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Cortulua | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Patriotas Boyaca | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Deportivo Cali | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Unión Magdalena | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Fortaleza CEIF | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Real Cartagena | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Deportes Quindio | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Bogota | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Tigres | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Orsomarso | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 8 | Llaneros | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Boyaca Chico | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Valledupar | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Atletico | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Barranquilla | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Real Santander | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Atletico Huila | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Universitario Popayan | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 7 |
