La Equidad-Atlético Bucaramanga: All set for the first of two encounters to decide this Copa Betplay Round of 16 game

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Competition: Colombia Copa Betplay
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Metropolitano de Techo

The league table is allowed to rest as La Equidad and Atlético Bucaramanga battle for Copa Betplay honors in this first Round of 16 leg of two fixtures.

This ground has grass, which is not Atlético Bucaramanga's everyday surface at their own arena. When playing on grass Atlético Bucaramanga have performed like this: Played 37 matches with the output 8 wins, 12 draws and 17 defeats with the goal data 31-46 (scored/conceded).

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.

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La Equidad form and stats

La Equidad was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Copa Betplay. Deportes Tolima was too strong.

La Equidad have played 8 Primera A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for La Equidad last time playing, versus Jaguares de Cordoba. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Salazar scoring for the victors. Midfield player Castro got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Castro hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 50 successful passes (of 56 total).

A Primera A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Millonarios.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does La Equidad handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, eight draws and one defeat.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Equidad here at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). From these home matches, La Equidad have conceded only 5 goals.

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Atlético Bucaramanga form and stats

Last season their Copa Betplay adventure ended in the 8th finals against Santa Fe.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Atlético Bucaramanga so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

Atlético Bucaramanga lost away at Junior FC (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Gómez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.14. The defender Gómez won 2 of 3 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Cortulua in the Primera A.

We have checked recent matches where Atlético Bucaramanga have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were two victories, two draws and ten defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Independiente Medellín in just three days.

The visiting Bucaramanga have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Atlético Bucaramanga struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five La Equidad victories, four draws and one Atlético Bucaramanga win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

La EquidadP. Lima Gualco
P. Lima Gualco
7 goals
La EquidadJ. Castro Dinas
J. Castro Dinas
4 goals

La Equidad missing players

Atlético Bucaramanga missing players

La Equidad Atlético Bucaramanga
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
8 5   Won W   2 10
9 5   Drew D   5 7
8 3   Lost L   6 8
26 14   Scored S   10 29
26 11   Conceded C   18 28
88% 77%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
64% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 72%
36% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
16% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 16%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
56% 46%   BTTS BTTS   38% 48%
32% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 32%
24% 31%   Failed to Score F T   46% 32%
 
4.8 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.5
3.9 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.4
3.3 3.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3
7 5   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.2 9.7   Shots (avg) S (   5.2 6.9
4.1 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.3
25% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 35%
 
7.2 6.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7.2 6.5
3.4 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.7

  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