Football insights: Deportivo Pereira vs Independiente Medellín - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Thu 08.December
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas (35342 seats)

This season has been grim for Deportivo Pereira so far, while Independiente Medellín have won many games. Will the guests triumph again at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas?

Insights:
  • Deportivo Pereira haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Independiente Medellín have the most scored goals in the first half (36) in Liga BetPlay

It's no vacation for neither Pereira nor Independiente Medellín as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Deportivo Pereira form and stats

The story so far in the Liga BetPlay for Deportivo Pereira at their home stadium (Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. When Deportivo Pereira hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Millonarios, Atletico Nacional, Junior, Envigado and Deportes Tolima), they have won 4 of 7 matches! It’s been three wins in a row for Deportivo Pereira here at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Deportivo Pereira travelled for their previous game, a trip to Independiente Medellín that ended 1-1. Castro has scored in three matches in a row. Skilful! The talented striker Castro bettered all teammates in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.3 out of 10. Castro scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Junior.

This is expected to be a close game, with Pereira perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Deportivo Pereira as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Deportivo Pereira has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Deportivo Pereira have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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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.

Independiente Medellín's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Deportivo Pereira that finished 1-1. Attacker Cambindo got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Cambindo scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A 0-0 draw at Deportivo Pasto's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Independiente Medellín in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Independiente, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Independiente Medellín's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Independiente Medellín have not lost in the last 4 matches (1-3-0) versus Pereira.

These two sides faced each other previously this match year: Independiente Medellín - Deportivo Pereira 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo PereiraB. Muñiz
B. Muñiz
3 goals
Deportivo PereiraC. Ramírez Aguirre
C. Ramírez Aguirre
3 goals
Deportivo PereiraA. Piedrahita Díaz
A. Piedrahita Díaz
2 goals

Deportivo Pereira missing players

Independiente Medellín missing players

Deportivo Pereira Independiente Medellín
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
47 23 7 Played P 8 26 53
19 11 4 Won W 3 7 25
11 5 1 Drew D 3 8 15
17 7 2 Lost L 2 11 13
61 34 9 Scored S 9 29 71
57 28 9 Conceded C 6 35 51
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 85%
79% 83% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 62% 73% 70%
45% 43% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 42% 40%
17% 17% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 19%
9% 13% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 9%
57% 57% 43% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 45%
21% 22% 29% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 38%
26% 22% 29% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 32%
 
3.9 4 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.3 4.4
5.3 4.8 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.5 4.3
3.1 2.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.3
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 4 8
 
8.4 9.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 7.1 8.1
4.1 4.5 4.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.5 3.9
32% 33% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 35%
 
9.5 8.3 9.9 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.8 8
4.2 4.2 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Deportivo Pereira haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Independiente Medellín have the most scored goals in the first half (36) 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 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 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 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