Evenly matched teams: Deportivo Pereira vs Rionegro Águilas match preview

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Thu 12.Oct
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas (35342 seats)

Rionegro Águilas go on their trip to Deportivo Pereira and Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas packed with confidence, but the hosting team is hard to beat. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Deportivo Pereira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rionegro Águilas have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Liga BetPlay

It's no vacation for neither Deportivo Pereira nor Rionegro Águilas 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, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Deportivo Pereira are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, having lost their two previous games here.

Happy days for Deportivo Pereira in their previous game, a fixture away at Envigado that ended with a 3-2 victory. At last, a league victory after four games without one. The game against Envigado had lots of late drama as Pereira came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Valencia's goal in the 90th minute. A late climax in the match against Envigado as the winning goal came eight minutes into overtime; scored by Valencia. Attacking player Valencia edged out all others in that game and received a match rating of 7.22 out of 10. Valencia scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that fixture, a home win against Santa Fe in the Copa Colombia. This is expected to be a close game, with Deportivo 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 12 games. Deportivo Pereira has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga BetPlay game versus La Equidad in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas.

Deportivo Pereira have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas with 16 goals in 10 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Rionegro Águilas form and stats

Playing away, Rionegro Águilas have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga BetPlay this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Rionegro as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games.

Rionegro Águilas have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jose David Contreras Verna. It's been 276 minutes since they last conceded in Liga BetPlay.

Rionegro Águilas play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting Santa Fe. As you can tell from the results above, Rionegro Águilas was very dominant against Santa Fe, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Salazar, Rivas, Pérez (2) and Morelo providing the goals. Salazar, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.81. Salazar scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).

A loss, in the Copa Colombia away at Atletico Nacional, before that. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Rionegro in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Rionegro Águilas, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Rionegro Águilas, the Liga BetPlay home match versus Alianza Petrolera. Busy days.

Rionegro Águilas are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Rionegro in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved met each other earlier this campaign: Rionegro Águilas - Deportivo Pereira 2-1. Previous ten meetings between these sides: Pereira won three, Rionegro Águilas triumphed in four and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Rionegro ÁguilasM. Pérez Murillo
M. Pérez Murillo
23 goals
Deportivo PereiraC. Ramírez Aguirre
C. Ramírez Aguirre
8 goals
Deportivo PereiraÁ. Rodríguez Henry
Á. Rodríguez Henry
7 goals

Deportivo Pereira missing players

Rionegro Águilas missing players

Deportivo Pereira Rionegro Águilas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 20 41
10 6 1 Won W 2 6 20
10 5 1 Drew D 2 8 14
15 6 3 Lost L 2 6 7
41 26 7 Scored S 7 27 63
48 25 11 Conceded C 7 28 42
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 93%
80% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 76%
49% 65% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 49%
23% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 30% 22%
11% 12% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 10% 7%
57% 76% 80% BTTS BTTS 17% 60% 56%
20% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 34%
34% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 17%
 
4.8 5.7 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.7 4.8
4.4 4.2 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.2 4.7
2.8 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 3.4 3.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 5 7
 
13.1 15.1 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.2 12.7
4.4 4.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.3 4.7
26% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 32%
 
12.1 11.5 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.2 12
4 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.8 4.2
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Deportivo Pereira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rionegro Águilas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rionegro Águilas have the most matches over the total-line (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 Rionegro Águilas 20 11 6 3 32 21 10 8 2 0 20 7 10 3 4 3 12 14 11 39
2 Millonarios 20 10 8 2 30 18 10 7 3 0 19 9 10 3 5 2 11 9 12 38
3 Atletico Nacional 20 9 8 3 26 14 10 5 4 1 13 6 10 4 4 2 13 8 12 35
4 America de Cali 20 9 5 6 32 23 10 6 3 1 17 7 10 3 2 5 15 16 9 32
5 Boyaca Chico 20 7 9 4 24 18 10 6 4 0 16 5 10 1 5 4 8 13 6 30
6 Alianza Petrolera 20 9 3 8 27 22 10 8 0 2 19 9 10 1 3 6 8 13 5 30
7 Independiente Medellin 20 8 5 7 29 24 10 5 3 2 17 8 10 3 2 5 12 16 5 29
8 Deportivo Pasto 20 8 5 7 22 21 10 5 3 2 13 8 10 3 2 5 9 13 1 29
9 Junior 20 7 7 6 17 17 10 4 5 1 8 5 10 3 2 5 9 12 0 28
10 Santa Fe 20 7 5 8 29 25 10 6 1 3 17 6 10 1 4 5 12 19 4 26
11 La Equidad 20 5 11 4 20 17 10 5 4 1 14 7 10 0 7 3 6 10 3 26
12 Deportivo Pereira 20 6 7 7 24 25 10 4 4 2 16 13 10 2 3 5 8 12 -1 25
13 Deportes Tolima 20 5 9 6 23 26 10 5 3 2 15 11 10 0 6 4 8 15 -3 24
14 Deportivo Cali 20 5 8 7 20 26 10 3 6 1 10 7 10 2 2 6 10 19 -6 23
15 Atletico Bucaramanga 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 3 4 3 10 9 10 1 4 5 5 12 -6 20
16 Envigado 20 4 8 8 14 20 10 3 4 3 9 9 10 1 4 5 5 11 -6 20
17 Once Caldas 20 4 8 8 17 24 10 3 4 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 6 13 -7 20
18 Jaguares de Cordoba 20 4 7 9 16 26 10 4 4 2 13 9 10 0 3 7 3 17 -10 19
19 Union Magdalena 20 3 10 7 16 30 10 3 6 1 13 12 10 0 4 6 3 18 -14 19
20 Atletico Huila 20 5 3 12 20 35 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 2 0 8 9 21 -15 18