The standings reveals that 6 points separate the two combatants in this Liga BetPlay game. Atlético Nacional enjoy both the points- and home advantage.
- Atlético Nacional have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Liga BetPlay
- Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín 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.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga BetPlay, Atlético Nacional have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games. In general it's been a long time since Atlético Nacional tasted defeat here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
Atlético Nacional faced defeat in their previous match, away at Unión Magdalena (1-2). Midfield player Pabón got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Pabón hit five key passes.
Ahead of that match, a home win hosting Rionegro Aguilas in the Copa Colombia.
It should be considered that a peek at the 12 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Atlético Nacional has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Atlético have conceded only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
3-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Independiente Medellín in their Liga BetPlay matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Independiente Medellín as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Independiente Medellín are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Atletico Huila. The attacker Pons got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Pons scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The fixture before that was the Copa Colombia-duel against Cucuta Deportivo (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties), a home defeat (1-2).
Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's last 10 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
The visiting Independiente have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. As for defending, Independiente Medellín rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other before this match year: Independiente Medellín - Atlético 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Atlético Nacional wins - draws - Independiente Medellín wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Cetré Angulo 14 goals |   J. Duque Montoya 10 goals |  D. Pabón Ríos 7 goals |
Atlético Nacional missing players
Independiente Medellín missing players
| Atlético Nacional | Independiente Medellín | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 44 | 21 | 6 | Played | P | 8 | 20 | 42 |
| 20 | 14 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 59 | 37 | 15 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | 55 |
| 34 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 30 | 46 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 98% |
| 68% | 71% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 85% | 74% |
| 34% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 50% | 43% |
| 16% | 19% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 25% | 24% |
| 7% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 2% |
| 48% | 43% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 57% |
| 43% | 52% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 5% | 29% |
| 23% | 19% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 20% | 17% |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 14.4 | 15.2 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10.8 | 13.6 |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 26% | 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 29% |
| 12.5 | 11.6 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 15.2 | 12.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4 |
- 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 fewest conceded goals (14) in Liga BetPlay
- Atlético Nacional have the most clean sheets (19) in Liga BetPlay
- Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Independiente Medellín have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Independiente Medellín 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 | Atlético Nacional | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | America 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 Medellín | 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 | 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 | Unión 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 |
