Moving nearer to the top teams is the task when these mid-table teams do battle. Both are targeting to strenghten their league position, La Equidad in 7th and Atlético Bucaramanga in 9th place.
- La Equidad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlético Bucaramanga have the most points from losing position (8) in Liga BetPlay
Atlético Bucaramanga play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. Relevant results for Atlético Bucaramanga when featuring on grass are 8 wins, 12 draws and 18 defeats from 38 matches. They have managed to score 31 goals and conceded 48 times in these games.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
La Equidad form and stats
The story so far in the Liga BetPlay for La Equidad at their home stadium (Estadio Metropolitano de Techo) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Washington Jesus Ortega Olivera not having conceded a league goal in 221 minutes.
Happy days for La Equidad in their previous game, a fixture away at Cortulua (placed 17th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Midfield player Chaverra got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Chaverra scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Equidad have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won six times, drawn eight and lost one.
La Equidad have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, La Equidad have conceded only 5 goals.
Atlético Bucaramanga form and stats
There's been little loot from Atlético Bucaramanga's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Liga BetPlay. Atlético Bucaramanga only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Independiente Medellin with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Moreno, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.9. Moreno scored two goals and hit two key passes.
We have checked recent matches where Bucaramanga have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were two victories, two draws and ten defeats.
Atlético Bucaramanga find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Atlético Bucaramanga have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings between these two participants are: five wins for La Equidad, four draws and one win for Atlético Bucaramanga. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  D. Herazo Moreno 11 goals | P. Lima Gualco 7 goals | J. Castro Dinas 4 goals |
La Equidad missing players
Atlético Bucaramanga missing players
| La Equidad | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 65% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | 71% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 53% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 53% |
| 35% | 50% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 29% |
| 24% | 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.4 | 10.6 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 24% | 18% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | 38% |
| 7.7 | 7 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
- Atlético Bucaramanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Atlético Bucaramanga have the most points from losing position (8) in Liga BetPlay
- Atlético Bucaramanga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Atlético Bucaramanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- La Equidad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Atletico Nacional | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellin | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Envigado | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Junior | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | La Equidad | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Once Caldas | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Alianza Petrolera | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Santa Fe | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | America de Cali | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Deportivo Pereira | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Deportivo Pasto | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Cortulua | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 18 | Patriotas Boyaca | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Deportivo Cali | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Union Magdalena | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
