Liga BetPlay match prediction: Little separates Once Caldas and Independiente Medellín in quality

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Palogrande (36553 seats)

Once Caldas and Independiente Medellín are keen to let people see their new players and abilities: It's the first match of the Liga BetPlay season.

Once Caldas 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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Once Caldas form and stats

Last season, Once Caldas's league stats were 3 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 15th spot in the Liga BetPlay. During these 18 matches they scored 20 goals and gave away 23. Appearing as the home team in the last season Once Caldas produced 3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 10 conceded.

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 Once Caldas have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn four and lost three.

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

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Independiente Medellín form and stats

Let's have a look at how Independiente Medellín performed last season in the Liga BetPlay: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded 15 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 7/8 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Independiente Medellín in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Independiente Medellín, three draws and three defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cortulua in just four days.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Once Caldas won one game, five matches ended in a draw and Independiente Medellín have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Once CaldasM. García Torres
M. García Torres
6 goals
Once CaldasJ. Pérez Benítez
J. Pérez Benítez
6 goals
Once CaldasM. Carreazo Betin
M. Carreazo Betin
5 goals

Once Caldas missing players

Independiente Medellín missing players

Once Caldas Independiente Medellín
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
4 1 0 Scored S 0 0 3
3 1 0 Conceded C 2 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 33%
 
6.7 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 10 10 6
4.3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 3.7
3.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 26 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 5.3
5.7 12 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3.3
24% 8% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 30%
 
8 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 5 5 2.3
4.7 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 1.7
Once Caldas Last season Independiente Medellín
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
8 6   Won W   5 11
13 5   Drew D   6 19
17 8   Lost L   8 8
38 22   Scored S   12 31
53 23   Conceded C   19 30
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 74%
74% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 50%
37% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   21% 24%
18% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 13%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
55% 58%   BTTS BTTS   32% 37%
18% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 47%
37% 32%   Failed to Score F T   47% 42%
 
4.5 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.6
4.9 5.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.7
2.6 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.6
5 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
6.4 7.2   Shots (avg) S (   4.8 6
3.2 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.9
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%
 
6.6 5.5   Shots against (avg) S A   6.7 6
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alianza Petrolera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 America de Cali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atletico Bucaramanga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Atletico Nacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cortulua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Deportes Tolima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Deportivo Cali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Deportivo Pasto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Deportivo Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Envigado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Independiente Medellín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Jaguares de Cordoba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Junior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 La Equidad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Millonarios 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Once Caldas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Patriotas Boyaca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Rionegro Aguilas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Santa Fe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Union Magdalena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0