América de Cali vs Deportes Tolima match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Wed 21.September
Match begins: 23:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero (35405 seats)

A brief look at the Liga BetPlay table hint of an edge to Deportes Tolima when they travel to América de Cali. Yet; let's play the match before select a winner!

Insights:
  • América de Cali have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the the best goal difference (+15) in Liga BetPlay

It's no vacation for neither América de Cali nor Deportes Tolima as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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América de Cali form and stats

5-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga BetPlay numbers at home for América de Cali so far this season. When América de Cali hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Millonarios, Atletico Nacional, Independiente Medellin, Junior FC and Envigado), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

A nice win for América last time playing, versus Patriotas Boyaca. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Pérez and Andrade scoring for the victors. Midfield player Hernandez got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Hernandez hit five key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Deportivo Pereira (0-1).

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 15 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 13 league games, 12 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

There will be little rest for América de Cali after this match as they are travelling to Millonarios for a Liga BetPlay game in only three days.

América have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero with 15 goals in 10 league matches. When América de Cali hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Deportivo Pasto, Union Magdalena, Deportivo Pereira, Cortuluá, Deportivo Cali and Patriotas Boyaca), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Deportes Tolima form and stats

Deportes Tolima have an excellent away record in the Liga BetPlay so far with 6-3-1 from 10 games.

Deportes Tolima are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Once Caldas. Hooray; their first victory in the league after nine rounds not winning. Midfielder Ureña was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.05. Ureña scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 58 successful passes (of 64 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Patriotas Boyaca that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Deportes Tolima playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 Deportes wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Take note! Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Deportivo Pereira in just four days.

Deportes Tolima have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Deportes are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

América de Cali and Deportes Tolima have faced each other earlier this season: Deportes Tolima - América de Cali 1-0. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): América de Cali won four games, one match ended with a tie and Deportes Tolima have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine.

Top Goalscorers

Deportes TolimaJ. Caicedo Benítez
J. Caicedo Benítez
12 goals
Deportes TolimaS. Mosquera Zapata
S. Mosquera Zapata
10 goals
AméricaG. Ramos Vásquez
G. Ramos Vásquez
9 goals

América de Cali missing players

Deportes Tolima missing players

América de Cali Deportes Tolima
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 19 40
11 9 3 Won W 3 8 19
10 4 0 Drew D 1 4 11
11 3 1 Lost L 1 7 10
32 23 7 Scored S 8 24 53
32 13 6 Conceded C 4 18 35
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 90%
69% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 63% 65%
22% 31% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 42% 42%
12% 19% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 18%
3% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
41% 44% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 48%
34% 44% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 42% 42%
31% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 20%
 
4.1 3.8 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.6 4.2
4.2 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.1 4.7
2.5 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3.1 2.5
7 1 0 Red cards R C 1 6 8
 
7.1 8.2 4.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 6.7 7.6
3.3 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.3 4.1
30% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 33%
 
6.6 5.1 5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 10.4 7.9
3.4 2.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.3 3.8
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • 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 (3) in Liga BetPlay
  • América de Cali haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Deportes Tolima have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the most points (21) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the the best goal difference (+15) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the the best goal difference (+9) away 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 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 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 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