Independiente Medellín will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Santa Fe.
- Independiente Medellín have not yet lost a game at home.
- Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Independiente Medellín nor Santa Fe 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.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga BetPlay, Independiente Medellín have managed 3 wins, 6 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 9 games.
The Independiente fans got no joy from their last match, a Copa Colombia game also here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot: A 1-3 defeat against Deportivo Cali.
Prior to that, an away loss at Atletico Huila in the Liga BetPlay.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Independiente have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn four and lost one.
Independiente has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Independiente have conceded only 7 goals.
Santa Fe form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Santa Fe playing as the away team in the Liga BetPlay this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Santa, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Atlético Bucaramanga in the Copa Colombia last time out.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs America de Cali.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santa playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Santa Fe wins, five draws and four defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Santa have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played earlier this season: Santa Fe - Independiente 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Independiente victories, four draws and four Santa Fe wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Vuletich 8 goals |  K. Osorio Antury 8 goals | J. Reina Calvo 3 goals |
Independiente Medellín missing players
Santa Fe missing players
| Independiente Medellín | Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 33 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 28 |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 89% |
| 56% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 77% | 74% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 38% | 33% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 15% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 7% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 54% | 48% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 38% | 41% |
| 40% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 15% | 22% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | 35% |
- Independiente Medellín have not yet lost a game at home.
- Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santa Fe 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 Medellín | 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 | Atlético 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 |