The league table is allowed to rest as La Equidad and Deportes Tolima battle for Copa Betplay honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
The visiting Deportes Tolima played their last game only three days ago, a Liga BetPlay match.
La Equidad form and stats
Last season, La Equidad's Copa Betplay journey ended in the 3rd round.La Equidad have played 4 Liga BetPlay games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Equidad's previous game was a Liga BetPlay match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Jaguares de Cordoba. The home side are looking to build on that result. Andres Correa, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Correa hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.
0-0 away at Llaneros before that.This is expected to be a close game, with La Equidad perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with La Equidad as a small favourite), we find eight games. La Equidad has won two of these, drawn four and lost two.
The manager A. García Vega will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Atlético Nacional in only three days.
Equidad have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. As for guarding their own goal, Equidad have only let in 1 goal at home.
Deportes Tolima form and stats
Deportes was sent out of Copa Betplay in the finals last season.The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga BetPlay.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Deportes Tolima goalkeeper William David Cuesta Mosquera is eager to challenge this, with his 208 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Yohandry Orozco and Omar Albornoz secured the home win 2-0 against Envigado in their previous game. Yohandry Orozco got a match rating of 7.23 in that game, top player of the team. Orozco scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Rionegro Águilas.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Deportes Tolima in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Deportes Tolima, four draws and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Liga BetPlay trip to Atletico Huila.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Deportes Tolima have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. Deportes are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Equidad, three draws and five wins for Deportes Tolima. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Caicedo Benítez 8 goals | S. Mosquera Zapata 5 goals | A. Plata Guillén 5 goals |
La Equidad missing players
Deportes Tolima missing players
| La Equidad | Deportes Tolima | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 9 | 23 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 36% | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Envigado | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Deportes Tolima | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Alianza Petrolera | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Deportes Quindio | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pereira | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | America de Cali | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Junior | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | La Equidad | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Deportivo Cali | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Independiente Medellin | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Rionegro Águilas | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Atletico Huila | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Santa Fe | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 18 | Patriotas Boyaca | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Once Caldas | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 20 | Deportivo Pasto | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 5 |