A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Deportes Tolima fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Boyacá Chicó's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.
The hosts Deportes saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Sudamericana. This match was also played here at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Boyacá Chicó have had more rest.
Deportes Tolima form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga BetPlay, Deportes Tolima, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Liga BetPlay, have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.
The spoils were shared in Deportes's previous game, also at home. Visiting Union La Calera travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Deportivo Cali.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Deportes home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Deportes Tolima as they are travelling to their away game against Santa Fe in the Liga BetPlay. That match is three days after this one.
Deportes Tolima have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Deportes have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Boyacá Chicó form and stats
Boyacá Chicó, who have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Liga BetPlay, have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Liga BetPlay, after 0-1-7 (8 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Boyacá had fun at their own home (Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro) last time out, beating Atlético Bucaramanga 1-0. M. Palacios scored. It was a Copa Colombia defeat before that one as the away game against Real Santander wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Boyacá Chicó made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, G. Balanta receiving a red card in the 37th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Boyacá won the match 1-0!
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Boyacá played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected three times.
After this away game Boyacá return home for a Liga BetPlay game against Rionegro Aguilas. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Boyacá as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Boyacá manager J. Gómez has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Deportes Tolima won six games, three matches ended with a draw and Boyacá Chicó has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  A. Estupiñán Quiñones 6 goals | J. Campaz 4 goals | L. Miranda Molinarez 4 goals |
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| Deportes Tolima | Boyacá Chicó | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 26 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 59% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 41% |
| 24% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 41% |
| 47% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 64 | 36 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 21 | 42 |
| 45 | 24 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 58% | 54% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 46% |
- Boyacá Chicó has the fewest points (1) away in Liga BetPlay
- Boyacá Chicó has the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Liga BetPlay
- Boyacá Chicó has the the worst goal difference (-14) in Liga BetPlay
- Boyacá Chicó have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Boyacá Chicó have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Boyacá Chicó have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Boyacá Chicó have yet to win a game away.
- Boyacá Chicó haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Deportes Tolima has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Liga BetPlay
- Deportes Tolima has the most clean sheets (8) in Liga BetPlay
- Deportes Tolima has the the best goal difference (+14) in Liga BetPlay
- Deportes Tolima have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Deportes Tolima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Deportes Tolima have scored more than double the goals of Boyacá Chicó.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportes Tolima | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | America de Cali | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Deportivo Pasto | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Junior | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Once Caldas | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 8 | Atletico Nacional | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | La Equidad | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 10 | Rionegro Aguilas | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Millonarios | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Envigado | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | Alianza Petrolera | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Independiente Medellin | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Deportivo Pereira | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 | Boyacá Chicó | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Cucuta Deportivo | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | Patriotas Boyacá | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -13 | 11 |