A crucial game in Liga BetPlay as both teams are struggling for the top spots. With Atlético Nacional in 3rd place and Independiente Medellín located at 4th, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting meeting. Read on to learn more!
- Atlético Nacional have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Liga BetPlay
- Independiente Medellín is in the best form (5-0-1) in Liga BetPlay
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Atlético Nacional have less rest than Independiente Medellín in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Liga BetPlay game only four days ago. That game was an away game at America de Cali, so at least Atlético are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Atlético Nacional form and stats
Atlético Nacional have performed here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot this season with 6 wins from 10 Liga BetPlay matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Atlético Nacional after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Atlético Nacional shared the glory with America de Cali in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Mier was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.3 out of ten. Mier topped it up with a clean sheet.
1-1 away at Santa Fe before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlético handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rionegro Águilas are coming to town in three days.
Atlético Nacional are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Atlético Nacional are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 10 matches.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
There's been little loot from Independiente Medellín's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Liga BetPlay. Independiente Medellín only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. The fact that Independiente have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Pardo, Cambindo and Cadavid scored in Independiente Medellín's previous match, the home game against Alianza Petrolera that ended 3-1. Ricaurte got a match rating of 7.54 in that game, top player of the team. Ricaurte served one assist, hit one key pass and had 65 successful passes (of 74 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Envigado.Independiente Medellín are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Independiente have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Liga BetPlay game against Union Magdalena. A strenuous calendar for the visiting team!
The attacking power of Independiente Medellín when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As for defending, Independiente Medellín rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent match: Independiente Medellín - Atlético 4-3. Ricaurte (Independiente Medellín) was shown a red card when these teams last played each other. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - five - one (Atlético Nacional wins - draws - Independiente Medellín wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Duque Montoya 21 goals | J. Barrera Escalona 10 goals | A. Andrade Torres 6 goals |
Atlético Nacional missing players
Independiente Medellín missing players
| Atlético Nacional | Independiente Medellín | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 43 | 21 | 7 | Played | P | 5 | 19 | 40 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 65 | 38 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 57 |
| 42 | 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 30 | 41 |
| 88% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 89% | 90% |
| 70% | 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 79% | 72% |
| 44% | 52% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | 40% |
| 30% | 33% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | 10% |
| 56% | 62% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 45% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 11% | 35% |
| 19% | 14% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 47% | 30% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9.8 | 12 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | 38% |
| 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Atlético Nacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlético Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Atlético Nacional have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Liga BetPlay
- Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Independiente Medellín have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Liga BetPlay
- Independiente Medellín is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | Atlético Nacional | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 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 | Atlético 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 Águilas | 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 | America 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 |
