With the volatile opening match done it’s time for the second Liga BetPlay clash of the season. América de Cali look forward to welcoming Unión Magdalena in front of their home support.
These teams have little in common geographically as Unión Magdalena have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
América de Cali and Unión Magdalena should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
América de Cali form and stats
Last season, América de Cali's league statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 15th spot in the Liga BetPlay. From these 20 matches they scored {20 goals} and gave away 25. Playing at home in the last season América de Cali managed 5-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with {15 goals} and 10 conceded.
The regulars are hoping that América will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Deportes Tolima (placed 3rd). The attacker Falque was named "man of the match" for América de Cali with a rating of 7.42/10. Falque hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).
In the match before that, América de Cali hosted Rionegro Aguilas and drew the game 1-1.The manager Guimarães will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Deportivo Pasto in only four days.
Unión Magdalena form and stats
Let's have a look at how Unión Magdalena performed last season in the Liga BetPlay: They landed a 20th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 5 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 8 and conceded {28 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 2 and lost 8 with 3/14 goals scored/conceded.
Magdalena are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Atletico Huila (placed 10th). Midfielder Cano was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Cano hit two key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Prior to that match, the Unión Magdalena manager Rodríguez faced defeat when travelling to La Equidad and losing 1-4.Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven América de Cali victories, one draw and two Unión Magdalena wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Cantillo Beleño 3 goals |  J. Castro Maestre 2 goals |  J. Vacca González 2 goals |
América de Cali missing players
Unión Magdalena missing players
| América de Cali | Unión Magdalena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| América de Cali | Last season | Unión Magdalena | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Lost | L | 12 | 20 | ||
| 45 | 31 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 45 | 18 | Conceded | C | 30 | 56 | ||
| 89% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 90% | ||
| 67% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 70% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 13% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 15% | ||
| 2% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 2% | ||
| 39% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | ||
| 35% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 18% | ||
| 37% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 50% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| 7.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Boyaca Chico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Unión Magdalena | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Atletico Nacional | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Junior | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Rionegro Aguilas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Envigado | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Deportivo Cali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Deportivo Pasto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | América de Cali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Deportivo Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Atletico Huila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Once Caldas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Alianza Petrolera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Independiente Medellin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | La Equidad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Millonarios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Santa Fe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
