The league table is allowed to rest as Leones FC and Unión Magdalena battle for Copa Betplay honors in this first 2nd Round leg of two fixtures.
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 Leones FC and Unión Magdalena.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Unión Magdalena's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Unión Magdalena have performed like this: Played three matches resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat with the goal stats 3-3 (scored/conceded).
Unión Magdalena have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Leones FC form and stats
Last season their Copa Betplay adventure ended in the group stage.Leones FC have played 4 Primera B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Copa Betplay, Leones FC has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Unión Magdalena in the Copa Betplay last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that match was a Primera B defeat to Valledupar (1-2).
This is expected to be a close game, with Leones FC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Leones as a small favourite), we find nine games. Leones FC has won five of these, drawn three and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leones as they are travelling to their away game against Llaneros in the Primera B. That match is three days after this one.
Leones FC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Metropolitano de Itagüí with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively Leones have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Unión Magdalena form and stats
Magdalena was sent out of Copa Betplay in the group stage last season.1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Unión Magdalena playing as the away team in the Primera B this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Betplay stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Leones FC in their previous outing. The Copa Betplay match ended in a draw 1-1. Prior to that match, the Magdalena manager C. Silva Socarrás faced defeat when travelling to Bogota and losing 1-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Unión Magdalena in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Magdalena, four draws and two defeats.
Magdalena have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Magdalena have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Leones - Unión Magdalena 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Leones won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Unión Magdalena has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeLeones FC missing players
Unión Magdalena missing players
| Leones FC | Unión Magdalena | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Scored | S | 9 | 29 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 24 | 35 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 174 | 70 | Total Shots | T S | 61 | 125 | ||
| 81 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 72 | ||
| 46% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportes Quindio | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Leones FC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Atlético Huila | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Cortulua | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Unión Magdalena | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Fortaleza CEIF | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Bogota | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Llaneros | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Valledupar | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Real Santander | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Orsomarso | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Universitario Popayan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Atletico | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 14 | Barranquilla | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Real Cartagena | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -11 | 4 |
| 16 | Tigres | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 3 |