This duo has struggled so far, but three lovely points in this important match would certainly help. Let's hear it for América de Cali - Deportivo Pereira!
- América de Cali have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Deportivo Pereira have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Liga BetPlay
América de Cali have less rest than Deportivo Pereira in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Liga BetPlay game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Envigado, so at least América are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
América de Cali form and stats
América de Cali have played 10 Liga BetPlay games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). When América de Cali hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Deportivo Pasto, Union Magdalena, Cortulua, América de Cali, Deportivo Cali and Patriotas Boyaca), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Joel David Graterol Nader not having conceded a league goal in 242 minutes.
The América de Cali manager Guimarães and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Envigado. García, defender, was given a rating of 7.5/10 in that game, top of the team. García hit the woodwork once and won 9 of 11 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Union Magdalena.Low on goals? In this team's last 16 league games, 12 have contained two goals or less.
The manager Guimarães will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Atletico Bucaramanga in only four days.
A decent goal production from América de Cali in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. América 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.
Deportivo Pereira form and stats
Deportivo Pereira have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga BetPlay, after 2-3-5 (10 played).
Deportivo Pereira's previous game was their home loss versus Alianza Petrolera (1-2). Ramirez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Ramirez scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
A 0-3 loss hosting Atletico Bucaramanga before that.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pereira have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. 14 goals have been conceded by Deportivo Pereira in these games. When Pereira is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Deportivo Pasto, Union Magdalena, Deportivo Pereira, Cortulua, Deportivo Cali and Patriotas Boyaca.
Head 2 Head
Deportivo Pereira - América de Cali 1-1 was the output when these two contenders last did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (América wins - draws - Deportivo Pereira wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  G. Ramos Vásquez 9 goals |  D. Quiñónes Quiñónes 4 goals |  B. Muñiz 3 goals |
América de Cali missing players
Deportivo Pereira missing players
| América de Cali | Deportivo Pereira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 20 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 25 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 67% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 71% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 48% |
| 19% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 14% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 10% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 57% |
| 29% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 33% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 29% |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5.1 | 6.4 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 3 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 38% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 27% |
| 5.8 | 4.7 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.4 | 9.4 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
- 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.
- Deportivo Pereira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Deportivo Pereira have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Liga BetPlay
- Deportivo Pereira have the most dropped points from leading position (17) 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 | 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 |
