Delightful dogfight as daring América de Cali duel with determined Cortuluá

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Doce de Octubre (16000 seats)

América de Cali - Cortuluá: Liga BetPlay cellar dwellers hungry for points and greatness. Here are all the relevant numbers and tables before the fixture!

Insights:
  • América de Cali have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cortuluá have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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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 Doce de Octubre in the Liga BetPlay. When América de Cali hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Deportivo Pasto, Union Magdalena, Deportivo Pereira, América de Cali, Deportivo Cali and Patriotas Boyaca), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

América de Cali are confident in defense, having played 242 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The América coach Guimarães and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Envigado. García was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.52 out of 10. The defender García hit the woodwork once and won 9 of 11 duels.

Before that, América de Cali had a home game versus Union Magdalena which ended with a victory 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how América have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Not much happening? In this team's last 16 league matches, 12 have contained zero, one or two goals.

The América de Cali fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. América de Cali has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Cortuluá form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cortuluá so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

The attacking players of Cortuluá have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 190 minutes.

Cortuluá are travelling again after losing away to Santa Fe in their previous match (0-1).

A loss against Jaguares de Cordoba was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Cortuluá have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Cortuluá have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cortuluá have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

América de Cali and Cortuluá have met already this season: Cortuluá - América de Cali 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: six wins for América de Cali, two draws and two wins for Cortuluá. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

CortuluáF. Mercado Galera
F. Mercado Galera
11 goals
América de CaliG. Ramos Vásquez
G. Ramos Vásquez
9 goals
CortuluáK. Valencia Chará
K. Valencia Chará
6 goals

América de Cali missing players

Cortuluá missing players

América de Cali Cortuluá
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 12 23
6 5 1 Won W 1 1 5
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 6
9 2 0 Lost L 1 8 12
20 15 2 Scored S 3 12 22
25 10 1 Conceded C 2 19 30
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
67% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 65%
29% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 35%
19% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 22%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
43% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 52%
29% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 22%
33% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 30%
 
4.1 3.9 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 5.2
4 3.1 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.4 4.3
2.7 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.9 2
7 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
5.1 6.4 5 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 6.7 7.3
3 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 3.1
32% 38% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 29% 31%
 
5.8 4.7 2.5 Shots against (avg) S A 1.5 6.9 6.5
3.8 2.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3.5 3.9
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • América de Cali have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • América de Cali haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cortuluá have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 Atletico 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 Atlético 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 Cortuluá 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