Open game expected at Estadio Palogrande: Once Caldas vs Deportes Tolima preview

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Tue 22.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Palogrande (36553 seats)

Once Caldas and Deportes Tolima are both high-flying in the Liga BetPlay with their 4th and 3rd positions respectively. This could be a wonderful match!

Insights:
  • Once Caldas have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Deportes Tolima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

These are active days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Liga BetPlay. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Millonarios.

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Once Caldas form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga BetPlay, Once Caldas have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

Once Caldas are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Millonarios. Defender Córdoba got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.15/10. Córdoba won 4 of 5 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Deportivo Pereira.

This is expected to be a close game, with Caldas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Once Caldas as a small favourite), we find eight games. Once Caldas has won two of these, drawn four and lost two.

Once Caldas are traveling soon after this match as the Liga BetPlay match at Envigado awaits in four days.

Once Caldas has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Caldas have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Deportes Tolima form and stats

Deportes Tolima's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Deportes Tolima collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Liga BetPlay. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Deportes Tolima have a lot to to correct after their shock defeat (1-2) to Patriotas Boyaca in their previous match, played at their own home ground. Cataño got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Cataño scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that result Deportes won their away game at Cortulua. The scoreline was 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Deportes Tolima in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Deportes Tolima, four draws and three defeats.

Deportes have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Many of these goals have come late in the fixtures; more than 50 percent (16 goals) after the 60th minute. Deportes Tolima are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Once Caldas victories, two draws and four Deportes Tolima wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Deportes TolimaJ. Caicedo Benítez
J. Caicedo Benítez
12 goals
Deportes TolimaS. Mosquera Zapata
S. Mosquera Zapata
10 goals
Deportes TolimaA. Plata Guillén
A. Plata Guillén
9 goals

Once Caldas missing players

Deportes Tolima missing players

Once Caldas Deportes Tolima
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 6 11
5 3 1 Won W 1 4 7
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
11 7 1 Scored S 1 7 15
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 8
82% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
55% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 64%
27% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 45%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 36%
45% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 45%
36% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 27%
 
5.4 6.8 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.2
4 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.3 4.8
3.4 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.8 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.3 11.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 4 5.7 6.3
3.8 5.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.3 3.7
26% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 35% 37%
 
5.1 4.4 3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 8.2 7.8
2.9 2.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.6
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Deportes Tolima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Once Caldas have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Once Caldas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Once Caldas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Once Caldas have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Once Caldas have won significantly more corners at 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 Millonarios 11 8 2 1 13 3 5 4 0 1 5 2 6 4 2 0 8 1 10 26
2 Atletico Nacional 11 7 2 2 16 8 6 4 1 1 9 3 5 3 1 1 7 5 8 23
3 Deportes Tolima 11 7 1 3 15 8 5 3 0 2 8 6 6 4 1 1 7 2 7 22
4 Once Caldas 11 5 4 2 11 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 19
5 Junior 10 6 0 4 14 11 5 5 0 0 10 3 5 1 0 4 4 8 3 18
6 Envigado 10 5 2 3 13 10 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 17
7 Alianza Petrolera 11 3 7 1 13 10 6 3 3 0 10 6 5 0 4 1 3 4 3 16
8 Santa Fe 11 4 4 3 16 16 6 3 1 2 8 7 5 1 3 1 8 9 0 16
9 Independiente Medellin 10 5 0 5 13 10 5 5 0 0 12 1 5 0 0 5 1 9 3 15
10 America de Cali 10 4 3 3 11 9 5 3 2 0 9 3 5 1 1 3 2 6 2 15
11 Atletico Bucaramanga 11 4 3 4 14 13 6 3 1 2 7 5 5 1 2 2 7 8 1 15
12 Cortulua 11 4 3 4 12 12 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 4 6 0 15
13 La Equidad 10 3 4 3 10 9 5 1 2 2 4 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 1 13
14 Jaguares de Cordoba 11 4 1 6 13 18 6 4 0 2 9 7 5 0 1 4 4 11 -5 13
15 Deportivo Pereira 10 3 2 5 12 14 4 1 1 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 7 8 -2 11
16 Rionegro Aguilas 11 3 2 6 9 17 5 2 2 1 6 4 6 1 0 5 3 13 -8 11
17 Patriotas Boyaca 11 2 3 6 10 15 5 1 2 2 5 5 6 1 1 4 5 10 -5 9
18 Deportivo Pasto 11 2 3 6 7 13 6 1 2 3 6 8 5 1 1 3 1 5 -6 9
19 Deportivo Cali 11 2 1 8 5 13 5 1 1 3 2 5 6 1 0 5 3 8 -8 7
20 Union Magdalena 11 1 3 7 5 16 6 1 2 3 2 8 5 0 1 4 3 8 -11 6