Liga BetPlay: La Equidad welcome Independiente Medellín in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- La Equidad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Colombia game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Once Caldas. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
La Equidad form and stats
La Equidad have collected 17 points from their Liga BetPlay home games so far after 5-2-2.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 297 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Herazo was the last player to find the net.
Equidad faced defeat in their previous match, away at Patriotas Boyaca (0-1). The attacker Daniel Mantilla was "man of the match" for Equidad with a rating of 8.41/10. Mantilla hit six key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Deportivo Pasto that ended 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with La Equidad perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with La Equidad as a small favourite), we find seven games. Equidad has won two of these, drawn three and lost two.
La Equidad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Equidad's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Independiente Medellín in their Liga BetPlay matches away. The last three matches for Independiente have all ended in a draw.
Independiente Medellín are looking to quickly end their 219 minutes long goal drought in the Liga BetPlay. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Independiente goalkeeper Andres Felipe Mosquera Marmolejo is eager to challenge this, with his 201 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Independiente Medellín, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Once Caldas in the Copa Colombia last time out. It's hard not to mention A. Vuletich's lethal finishing against Once Caldas. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Junior.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Independiente playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were five Independiente Medellín wins, two 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 been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Independiente as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Independiente Medellín - Equidad 1-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Equidad one win, six draws and Independiente Medellín three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Herazo Moreno 11 goals |  A. Vuletich 8 goals | J. Reina Calvo 3 goals |
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| La Equidad | Independiente Medellín | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 26 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 84% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 80% | 76% |
| 52% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 40% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 24% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 43% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 43% |
| 28% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 43% | 44% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 31% |
- 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 | 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 | América 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 | 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 |