Striving América de Cali pray to pull off a surprise victory when they greet enterprising Atlético Nacional in the next league match. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have low confidence.
- América de Cali have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga BetPlay
- Atlético Nacional have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Liga BetPlay
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Liga BetPlay. That game was also an away game, at Santa Fe. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
América de Cali form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what América de Cali have to build on here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in the Liga BetPlay. When América de Cali hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Millonarios, Independiente Medellin, Junior FC, Envigado and Deportes Tolima), they have won 3 of 5 matches!
The home team returns to Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero after drawing with Millonarios on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Midfielder Cordoba was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.21 (out of ten) in that game. Cordoba had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
In the match before that, América de Cali hosted Deportes Tolima and drew the game 0-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how América de Cali have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 5.
Trench warfare? In this club's last 15 league matches, 13 have produced zero, one or two goals.
América have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero with 15 goals in 10 league matches.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga BetPlay matches, Atlético Nacional have produced an overall stat of 4-3-3 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Santa Fe in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Patriotas Boyaca.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Atlético Nacional in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Atlético Nacional, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Observe! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 13 of this club's last 17 league games.
A quick return to home after this game, as Atlético Nacional are hosting Independiente Medellin in the Liga BetPlay only four days away.
Atlético find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Atlético Nacional - América de Cali 2-0. América de Cali-Atlético Nacional H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: América de Cali two wins, Atlético Nacional six wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Duque Montoya 21 goals | J. Barrera Escalona 10 goals | A. Andrade Torres 6 goals |
América de Cali missing players
Atlético Nacional missing players
| América de Cali | Atlético Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 21 | 42 |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 34 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 9 | 27 | 65 |
| 34 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 42 |
| 91% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 68% | 65% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | 71% |
| 24% | 29% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 38% | 45% |
| 15% | 18% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 29% | 31% |
| 3% | 6% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 10% | 10% |
| 41% | 41% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | 57% |
| 35% | 47% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| 32% | 18% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 19% | 17% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7.5 | 8.9 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.6 | 9.8 |
| 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 29% | 30% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 33% | 35% |
| 6.8 | 5.3 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 |
| 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
- América de Cali have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- América de Cali have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga BetPlay
- Atlético Nacional have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Liga BetPlay
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Millonarios | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellin | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Junior FC | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Envigado | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 7 | La Equidad | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Santa Fe | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Once Caldas | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | América de Cali | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Cortulua | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 19 | Deportivo Cali | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Union Magdalena | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | -20 | 11 |
