Liga BetPlay match prediction: Little separates Jaguares de Córdoba and Independiente Medellín in quality

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 00:40 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Fútbol Jaraguay de Montería (12000 seats)

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Jaguares de Córdoba and Independiente Medellín should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Jaguares de Córdoba form and stats

Jaguares de Córdoba have collected 16 points from their Liga BetPlay home games so far after 5-1-3.

Stress levels are on the rise for Jaguares's attacking players as they have now played 205 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Renteria was their last goal scorer.

Jaguares faced defeat in their previous match, away at La Equidad (0-1). Defender Israel Alba got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.94/10. Alba hit three key passes and won 2 of 3 duels.

Before that, Jaguares drew at home versus America de Cali (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties).

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 Jaguares have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 20 matches with the results: Won six, drawn nine and lost five.

Jaguares has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Independiente Medellín form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga BetPlay travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Independiente Medellín are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Independiente played 0-0 against Santa Fe in their previous match. Goalkeeper Andrés Mosquera got the top player rating of the team with 7.31/10. Mosquera stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A loss against Deportivo Cali was the result prior to that, in a Copa Colombia home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Independiente Medellín playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five Independiente Medellín wins, three draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Independiente Medellín as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other already this season, with the final score Independiente Medellín - Jaguares de Córdoba 1-0 written in the official records. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Jaguares won zero games, three matches ended with a tie and Independiente Medellín have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

Jaguares de CórdobaP. Rojas Cardales
P. Rojas Cardales
8 goals
Independiente MedellínA. Vuletich
A. Vuletich
8 goals
JaguaresJ. Barragán Romero
J. Barragán Romero
3 goals

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Independiente Medellín missing players

Jaguares de Córdoba Independiente Medellín
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
10 6 1 Won W 2 3 7
6 3 2 Drew D 0 4 13
10 4 1 Lost L 1 6 6
28 15 3 Scored S 3 8 21
30 14 4 Conceded C 2 13 21
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 73%
73% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 54% 54%
35% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 23% 23%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 12%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 38%
27% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 46%
38% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 54% 42%
 
4 4.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.5 4.1
5.2 5.3 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.6 4.7
2.3 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.7
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
5.2 5.6 5 Shots (avg) S ( 3 4.5 5.1
2.7 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 2.7
40% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 30%

  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 Córdoba 18 7 4 7 21 21 9 5 1 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 10 12 0 25
11 Atletico 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