Life has been a bit difficult for Once Caldas so far, and that also applies to Rionegro Águilas. These struggling sides have a chance to get some vital points here.
- Once Caldas is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Rionegro Águilas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga BetPlay
Once Caldas and Rionegro Águilas 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.
Once Caldas form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga BetPlay, Once Caldas have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games.
The spoils were shared in Once Caldas's previous game, also at home. Visiting Atletico Bucaramanga travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Defender Nicolas Palacios got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.73/10. Palacios hit one key pass and won 11 of 12 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Deportes Quindio.This is expected to be a close game, with Once Caldas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Caldas as a small favourite), we find seven games. Once Caldas has won one of these, drawn three and lost three.
Caldas has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Rionegro Águilas form and stats
There's been little loot from Rionegro Águilas's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Liga BetPlay. Rionegro Águilas only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Recent form does not give Rionegro much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Once Caldas will be a tough nut to crack.
The attacking players of Rionegro Águilas have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 259 minutes.
Rionegro failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga BetPlay home match vs Deportivo Pereira that ended with defeat 0-1. Cesar Arias, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.82. Arias hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A draw for Rionegro before that, at their own venue hosting Deportes Tolima (0-0).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Rionegro Águilas in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Rionegro Águilas, five draws and four defeats.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rionegro have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rionegro Águilas - Caldas 2-2 was the product when this pair of sides formerly did battle, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Caldas victories, five draws and three Rionegro Águilas wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. García Torres 5 goals |   C. Arias Moros 5 goals | J. Otálvaro Arce 4 goals |
Once Caldas missing players
Rionegro Águilas missing players
| Once Caldas | Rionegro Águilas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 26 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 35 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 34 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 85% | 88% |
| 69% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 69% |
| 31% | 31% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 31% | 35% |
| 19% | 15% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 12% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 54% | 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 50% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 23% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.3 | 7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 5.3 | 6.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 32% | 37% | 70% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | 26% |
- Once Caldas is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Rionegro Águilas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga BetPlay
- Rionegro Águilas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 Medellin | 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 Águilas | 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 |