Soccer preview: Home fans have high expectations when Boyacá Chicó receive Atlético Bucaramanga

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Mon 01.May
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de La Independencia (21000 seats)

Only three points will do for the Boyacá Chicó supporters in this Estadio de La Independencia clash with Atlético Bucaramanga, seeing as they have a solid lead on the away side in the Liga BetPlay table.

Insights:
  • Boyacá Chicó have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have the fewest scored goals (10) in Liga BetPlay

Boyacá have less rest than Atlético Bucaramanga in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Liga BetPlay game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Once Caldas, so at least Boyacá Chicó are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Boyacá Chicó form and stats

Home games in the Liga BetPlay have been a walk in the park for Boyacá Chicó so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Boyacá shared the glory with Once Caldas in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Pena got a match rating of 7.7 in that game, the max score being 10. Pena served one assist, hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 21 total).

Before that, Boyacá Chicó had a home game versus Deportes Tolima which ended with a victory 2-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Boyacá Chicó's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Boyacá fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Boyacá Chicó have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Atlético Bucaramanga form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Atlético Bucaramanga so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Atlético Bucaramanga has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Bucaramanga delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Alianza Petrolera (placed 5th) in their previous match. Varela had red hot gloves after the game against Alianza Petrolera, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Lencina, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.62. Lencina scored one goal and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Santa Fe wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's most recent 14 league matches have had two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 11 goals have been conceded by Atlético Bucaramanga in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Boyacá Chicó wins - draws - Atlético Bucaramanga wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Boyacá ChicóB. Moreno Cárdenas
B. Moreno Cárdenas
6 goals
Boyacá ChicóG. Balanta Echeverry
G. Balanta Echeverry
3 goals
Atlético BucaramangaC. Henao Sánchez
C. Henao Sánchez
2 goals

Boyacá Chicó missing players

Atlético Bucaramanga missing players

Boyacá Chicó Atlético Bucaramanga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
7 6 2 Won W 0 1 2
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
3 0 0 Lost L 3 4 7
22 15 4 Scored S 0 5 10
14 4 1 Conceded C 4 11 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
80% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 69%
27% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 19%
27% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
33% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 44%
 
4.1 4.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4 5.1
4.5 2.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.4 5.3
1.9 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.1 12.1 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 11.8 13.2
3.5 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.5
42% 41% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 18%
 
12.2 10.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13 14.9 13.4
2.9 1.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.8 5
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have the fewest scored goals (10) in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Atlético Bucaramanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Atlético Bucaramanga is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Boyacá Chicó have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Boyacá Chicó have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Boyacá Chicó have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Boyacá Chicó have scored more than double the goals of Atlético Bucaramanga.
  • Boyacá Chicó have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Liga BetPlay
  • Boyacá Chicó haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 Águilas 16 9 5 2 25 17 8 7 1 0 16 6 8 2 4 2 9 11 8 32
2 Millonarios 13 7 5 1 20 11 5 4 1 0 10 4 8 3 4 1 10 7 9 26
3 Boyacá Chicó 15 7 5 3 22 14 8 6 2 0 15 4 7 1 3 3 7 10 8 26
4 America de Cali 14 7 4 3 20 13 8 5 2 1 12 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 7 25
5 Alianza Petrolera 15 7 3 5 19 14 8 6 0 2 15 7 7 1 3 3 4 7 5 24
6 Deportivo Pasto 16 6 5 5 15 17 8 3 3 2 7 7 8 3 2 3 8 10 -2 23
7 Atletico Nacional 14 5 7 2 13 7 8 3 4 1 8 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 6 22
8 Independiente Medellin 15 6 4 5 20 16 6 3 2 1 9 3 9 3 2 4 11 13 4 22
9 Junior 15 5 6 4 12 12 8 3 4 1 7 5 7 2 2 3 5 7 0 21
10 Santa Fe 15 5 5 5 21 19 7 4 1 2 10 4 8 1 4 3 11 15 2 20
11 Deportes Tolima 16 4 7 5 18 20 8 4 2 2 11 8 8 0 5 3 7 12 -2 19
12 La Equidad 16 3 9 4 16 16 8 3 4 1 11 7 8 0 5 3 5 9 0 18
13 Envigado 14 4 6 4 11 12 8 3 4 1 8 6 6 1 2 3 3 6 -1 18
14 Deportivo Pereira 15 4 5 6 19 21 7 2 3 2 11 11 8 2 2 4 8 10 -2 17
15 Jaguares de Córdoba 16 3 6 7 14 18 8 3 3 2 11 8 8 0 3 5 3 10 -4 15
16 Deportivo Cali 15 3 6 6 12 18 7 1 5 1 5 5 8 2 1 5 7 13 -6 15
17 Atletico Huila 16 4 3 9 19 26 8 3 3 2 11 10 8 1 0 7 8 16 -7 15
18 Union Magdalena 15 2 8 5 13 21 7 2 4 1 10 10 8 0 4 4 3 11 -8 14
19 Atlético Bucaramanga 16 2 7 7 10 19 8 1 4 3 5 8 8 1 3 4 5 11 -9 13
20 Once Caldas 15 2 6 7 11 19 8 1 4 3 7 9 7 1 2 4 4 10 -8 12