This fixture stars two teams living in the cellar of the Liga BetPlay, Cortuluá having 18th place and Unión Magdalena in 20th. A decent opportunity for one of the sides to upgrade their position.
- Cortuluá have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga BetPlay
- Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (8) in Liga BetPlay
It's quite the trip for Unión Magdalena when visiting Cortuluá as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cortuluá form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga BetPlay, Cortuluá have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. When Cortuluá hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Deportivo Pasto, Deportivo Pereira, Cortuluá, America de Cali, Deportivo Cali and Patriotas Boyaca), they have won 3 of 4 matches! We have seen two home losses in a row now for Cortuluá, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
An away draw last time out for Cortuluá, facing Deportes Tolima in a game that ended 0-0. Hernández, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.0 out of 10 in that game. Hernández topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Millonarios (1-4).At Estadio Doce de Octubre, Cortuluá has the goal stats of 10-10 (for/against) from 10 league fixtures. Cortuluá has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Unión Magdalena form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Unión Magdalena so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-8 (win-draw-lose).
Unión Magdalena are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Junior FC. That victory felt good as this team had gone three league matches without victory. The end of the last match, against Junior FC, was very satisfying as Hinojosa scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Chavez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Chavez hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that, Magdalena travelled to Deportivo Cali and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Junior FC in just four days.
Goals are few and far between in Unión Magdalena's away league games. Only 3 goals from 10 travels. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Unión Magdalena have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The newest reported result featuring both these participants is the Unión Magdalena - Cortuluá 0-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Cortuluá victories, three draws and four Unión Magdalena wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Mercado Galera 11 goals |  I. Camargo Pineda 10 goals | R. Hinojosa Marín 8 goals |
Cortuluá missing players
Unión Magdalena missing players
| Cortuluá | Unión Magdalena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 26 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 42 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 41 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 67% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 53% | 67% |
| 37% | 21% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 43% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 43% |
| 23% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 33% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 53% | 53% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8.2 | 9.6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 25% | 24% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 21% | 27% |
| 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10.5 | 8.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
- Cortuluá have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga BetPlay
- Cortuluá have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Liga BetPlay
- Cortuluá haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Unión Magdalena have the fewest points (2) away in Liga BetPlay
- Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Liga BetPlay
- Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (8) in Liga BetPlay
- Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Liga BetPlay
- Unión Magdalena have the the worst goal difference (-20) 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 | Atletico Nacional | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellin | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Junior FC | 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 | Atletico 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 Aguilas | 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 | Cortuluá | 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 | Unión Magdalena | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | -20 | 11 |
