Pre-match most people would expect a considerable gulf in performance between these teams based on table positions so far, with América de Cali in front of Deportivo Cali by 7 points.
- América de Cali have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Deportivo Cali have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither América de Cali nor Deportivo Cali 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.
América de Cali form and stats
América de Cali are steadily winning Liga BetPlay games and points here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
In their previous game, the manager Guimarães led his América de Cali to a defeat away at Millonarios. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero. A goal frenzy last time out for América de Cali, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Millonarios. Fun stuff to watch! The attacker Suárez won the honour of being "man of the match" for América with the rating of 8.24/10. Suárez scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Ahead of that match, América de Cali won a home game hosting Deportivo Pereira (2-1).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier América matches with similar probabilities have ended with 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 11 games).
Low on goals? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
América de Cali are traveling soon after this match as the Liga BetPlay match at Atletico Nacional awaits in four days.
América have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero with 12 goals in 8 league matches. América de Cali have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Deportivo Cali form and stats
Deportivo Cali have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Liga BetPlay, after 2-1-5 (8 played).
Díaz and Velasco (2) scored in Deportivo Cali's previous match, the home game against Junior FC that ended 3-2. Midfielder Velasco was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.62. Velasco scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Alianza Petrolera.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cali when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 2 and winning 2 games.
Deportivo Cali have another fixture away from home in just four days, a Copa Colombia fixture against Jaguares de Cordoba. A grim schedule for the visitors!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cali as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Deportivo Cali's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips. Cali has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the sides played each other previously this season; Deportivo Cali - América de Cali 1-1. América de Cali-Deportivo Cali H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: América de Cali four wins, Deportivo Cali two wins, four draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Vásquez Anaya 4 goals |   L. Sánchez Mosquera 1 goals |  K. Andrade Murillo 1 goals |
América de Cali missing players
Deportivo Cali missing players
| América de Cali | Deportivo Cali | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 23 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 93% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 73% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 40% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 44% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 50% |
| 40% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 19% |
| 13% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 44% |
| 3.8 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 4.9 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.9 | 18.2 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.8 | 14.4 |
| 5 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 20% |
| 12.3 | 10.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
- América de Cali have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- América de Cali have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Deportivo Cali have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Deportivo Cali haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rionegro Aguilas | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Boyaca Chico | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | América de Cali | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Alianza Petrolera | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Deportivo Pasto | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Atletico Nacional | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Independiente Medellin | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Junior FC | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Santa Fe | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Envigado | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Deportes Tolima | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | La Equidad | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Deportivo Cali | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 17 | Atlético Huila | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 | Union Magdalena | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 20 | Once Caldas | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
