Independiente Medellín hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 15th position in the Liga BetPlay table. Visiting Once Caldas holds 7th place with 25 pts.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Colombia.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
Independiente Medellín, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga BetPlay, have collected 14 points from their Liga BetPlay home games so far after 4-2-2.
The Independiente fans got no joy from their last match, a Liga BetPlay game also here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot: A 2-3 defeat against Deportivo Cali (placed 3rd). Before that match, a Copa Libertadores win away at Libertad.
The manager A. Bobadilla will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Santa Fe in only four days.
A decent goal production from Independiente Medellín in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Independiente's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Once Caldas form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Once Caldas playing as the away team in the Liga BetPlay this season.
Caldas won their last game, 2-0 versus Envigado played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Jaguares de Córdoba in the Liga BetPlay.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Once Caldas in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Caldas, four draws and four defeats.
Caldas are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Once Caldas as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Independiente Medellín wins - draws - Once Caldas wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ovelar Maldonado 6 goals |  J. Reina Calvo 3 goals |  M. Carreazo Betin 3 goals |
Independiente Medellín missing players
Once Caldas missing players
| Independiente Medellín | Once Caldas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 69% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 44% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 25% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 19% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 88% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 66 | 48 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 34 | 100 |
| 41 | 31 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 21 | 58 |
| 46% | 48% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 43% | 33% |
- Independiente Medellín has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga BetPlay
- Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Independiente Medellín have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Independiente Medellín haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Once Caldas has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Liga BetPlay
- 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 | Deportes Tolima | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Deportivo Pasto | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | America de Cali | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Atlético Nacional | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Once Caldas | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | La Equidad | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Junior | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Rionegro Águilas | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Envigado | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 13 | Millonarios | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Alianza Petrolera | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Independiente Medellín | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Deportivo Pereira | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| 19 | Boyacá Chicó | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | Patriotas Boyaca | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -13 | 10 |