Independiente Medellín will plan to draw on their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The host team are currently 1 point behind Boyacá Chicó.
- Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Boyacá Chicó have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Liga BetPlay
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
5-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga BetPlay numbers at home for Independiente Medellín so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 201 minutes without scoring a league goal. Cetré was the last player to find the net.
Independiente Medellín lost their last game at Boyacá Chicó after a 0-1 scoreline. The defeat against Boyacá Chicó was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Cruz). Midfield player Loaiza got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Loaiza hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Heartbreak before that as Independiente lost 0-2 at America de Cali's place.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Independiente Medellín's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Goal party? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this club has contained at least three goals.
Independiente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Independiente Medellín are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Boyacá Chicó form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Boyacá Chicó so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-4 (win-draw-lose).
The fans enjoyed Boyacá Chicó's previous game versus Independiente Medellín, a 1-0 win played at home. Hooray; their first win in the league after eight matches not winning. The end of the last match, against Independiente Medellín, was very satisfying as Cruz scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Balanta got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Balanta served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 52 total).
Prior to that match, the Boyacá Chicó manager Gómez faced defeat when travelling to Millonarios and losing 0-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Boyacá when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Low on goals? 13 of this team's most recent 14 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Boyacá Chicó as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Boyacá Chicó have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. 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 squads have faced each other already this season, with the final score Boyacá Chicó - Independiente Medellín 1-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Independiente five wins, two draws and Boyacá Chicó three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Moreno Cárdenas 6 goals | G. Balanta Echeverry 3 goals | F. Lozano Rengifo 1 goals |
Independiente Medellín missing players
Boyacá Chicó missing players
| Independiente Medellín | Boyacá Chicó | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 31 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 29 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 87% |
| 78% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 55% | 65% |
| 52% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| 26% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 57% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 48% |
| 26% | 45% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 39% |
| 17% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 26% |
| 5.3 | 7.3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.9 | 4.7 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 13.6 | 16.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.2 | 11.8 |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 29% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 25% | 32% |
| 13.1 | 10.1 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 13.5 | 11.7 |
| 4.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
- Boyacá Chicó have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Boyacá Chicó have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Liga BetPlay
- Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Independiente Medellín have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Boyacá Chicó have scored away.
- Independiente Medellín have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Independiente Medellín haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 Aguilas | 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 | Boyacá Chicó | 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 Medellín | 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 |
