Balanced ball game between Deportivo Pereira and Rionegro Águilas expected

These are active days for the hometeam, as they had a game only four days ago in the Liga BetPlay. That game was an away game at América de Cali, so at least Deportivo Pereira are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Deportivo Pereira form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga BetPlay, Deportivo Pereira have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Harlen Alfred Castillo Moreno not having conceded a league goal in 267 minutes.

It's back home for Deportivo Pereira, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating América de Cali away with the result 1-0. Ramírez found the net in that victory. Finally, a league victory after three fixtures without.

Before that, Deportivo Pereira played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Junior.

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 9 games. Pereira has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

The manager Mazo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Independiente Medellin in only three days.

Deportivo Pereira's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Rionegro Águilas form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rionegro Águilas so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-8 (win-draw-lose). The fact that Rionegro Águilas have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

498 minutes! That's how long the Rionegro goalkeeper Jose David Contreras Verna and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The supporters enjoyed Rionegro Águilas's previous game versus Alianza Petrolera, a 1-0 win played at home. Midfielder Salazar was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.52. Salazar scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Envigado.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rionegro Águilas playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Rionegro Águilas wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Observe: 13 of the last 16 league matches featuring this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

After this away game Rionegro return home for a Liga BetPlay game against Union Magdalena. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Rionegro Águilas are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 10 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rionegro have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other earlier on this season: Rionegro Águilas - Deportivo Pereira 1-0. Deportivo Pereira-Rionegro Águilas H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Deportivo Pereira three wins, Rionegro Águilas four wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

B. Muñiz 3 goals

C. Ramírez Aguirre 3 goals

J. Salazar Valencia 3 goals

Deportivo Pereira missing players

Rionegro Águilas missing players