América de Cali are placed 4th, while Santa Fe are lagging 6 points behind in the league table. Can they shorten the gap?
- Santa Fe have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Liga BetPlay
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for América de Cali and Santa Fe.
América de Cali form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero as América de Cali have scored 17 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Liga BetPlay are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Vélez led his América to a defeat away at Junior FC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero. Did América de Cali get overconfident in their match against Junior FC? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 3-0 lead to end up with a 3-4 defeat. The defeat against Junior FC was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by González). Midfield player Cardona got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Cardona scored two goals.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Atletico Nacional in the Copa Colombia. 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 15 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 6.
There will be little rest for América de Cali after this match as they are travelling to Union Magdalena for a Liga BetPlay game in only three days.
The América de Cali fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. América are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Santa Fe form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Fe so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
Santa Fe won their last game, 2-0 versus Envigado played at home. That win felt good as this club had gone three league fixtures without winning. González has found the net for the visitors three fixtures in a row. The efficiency! González got a match rating of 9.15 in that game, top player of the team. González scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Union Magdalena.Santa Fe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
After this away game Santa Fe return home for a Copa Colombia game against Deportivo Pereira. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Santa have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Santa Fe have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Santa Fe have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (2-4-0) when playing América de Cali.América de Cali and Santa Fe have met before this season: Santa Fe - América 2-0. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Suárez 10 goals |   H. Rodallega Martínez 9 goals | A. Sarmiento Salas 6 goals |
América de Cali missing players
Santa Fe missing players
| América de Cali | Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 7 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 13 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 47 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 36 |
| 38 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 74% | 62% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 77% |
| 42% | 38% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 58% | 42% |
| 26% | 31% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 58% | 31% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 44% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 42% |
| 35% | 50% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 42% |
| 13% | 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 19% |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14.2 | 16.9 | 19.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.3 | 14.3 | 15 |
| 4.4 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 34% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 23% | 25% |
| 11.9 | 10.1 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13.3 | 11.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 3.7 |
- Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Fe have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Liga BetPlay
- Santa Fe 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 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Atletico Nacional | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | América de Cali | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Boyaca Chico | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Independiente Medellin | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Junior FC | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Santa Fe | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | La Equidad | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pereira | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Deportivo Cali | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Envigado | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Once Caldas | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Union Magdalena | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -14 | 19 |
| 20 | Atletico Huila | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 18 |
