This season has been challenging for Deportivo Pereira so far, and that also applies to Once Caldas. These students from the school of hard knocks have the opportunity for some vital points here.
- Once Caldas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Liga BetPlay fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Deportes Quindio, so at least Pereira are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Deportivo Pereira form and stats
Deportivo Pereira have collected 13 points from their Liga BetPlay home games so far after 3-4-2.
It's back home for Pereira, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Deportes Quindio away with the result 3-2. Brayan Léon Muñiz, Jhonny Vásquez and Carlos Ramírez found the net in that victory. Brayan Léon Muñiz was on the receiving end of a red card in the Pereira-Deportes Quindio match, being sent off in the 90th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 3-2 victory. The victory against Deportes Quindio came after Brayan Léon Muñiz's winning goal. The Deportivo Pereira manager J. Artigas Carrica was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 66th minute. Carlos Ramírez, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Ramírez scored one goal and won 4 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Deportes Tolima that finished 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Pereira have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost two.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Deportivo Pereira, as the Copa Colombia home game vs Deportes Tolima is only four days away.
Pereira aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Pereira are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Once Caldas form and stats
There's been little loot from Once Caldas's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Liga BetPlay. Once Caldas only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 6 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Caldas in their previous game, as they lost their Liga BetPlay-match, hosting Deportes Tolima, 0-2. Midfield player Sebastián Guzmán was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.04/10. Guzmán dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Deportivo Pasto with the score of 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Caldas have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were one victory, six draws and eight defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Caldas as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Caldas have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have met before this season: Once Caldas - Deportivo Pereira 0-1. Pereira-Once Caldas H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Deportivo Pereira five wins, Once Caldas two wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  W. De La Rosa Mendoza 5 goals |   M. García Torres 5 goals |  B. Castrillón Gómez 4 goals |
Deportivo Pereira missing players
Once Caldas missing players
| Deportivo Pereira | Once Caldas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 31 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| 38 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 24 | 44 |
| 87% | 73% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 87% | 90% |
| 58% | 47% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 71% |
| 32% | 20% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 19% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 23% |
| 16% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 42% | 33% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 32% | 47% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 19% |
| 39% | 47% | 80% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 28% | 25% | 4% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | 31% |
- Once Caldas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Nacional | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | La Equidad | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Junior | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | America de Cali | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellin | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Boyaca Chico | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Once Caldas | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Envigado | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Rionegro Aguilas | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 14 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -29 | 6 |