Crucial face-off in the cellar of the Liga BetPlay, with both Patriotas Boyacá and Unión Magdalena feeling more stress than glee. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the host team positioned 17th and the visiting team in 20th position.
- Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (8) in Liga BetPlay
These teams have little in common geographically as Unión Magdalena have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face match!
Patriotas Boyacá form and stats
Overall Liga BetPlay stats at home this season for Patriotas Boyacá are 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Patriotas Boyacá hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Deportivo Pasto, Deportivo Pereira, Cortulua, America de Cali, Deportivo Cali and Patriotas Boyacá), they have won 3 of 4 matches! Patriotas Boyacá have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Ramirez was the last player to score a league goal for Patriotas Boyacá and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Patriotas Boyacá haven't scored in 315 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Hernández led his Patriotas Boyacá to a defeat away at Atletico Nacional. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio de La Independencia. Patriotas's goalkeeper Banguera was extremely busy against Atletico Nacional, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Alianza Petrolera that ended 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Patriotas Boyacá perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Patriotas Boyacá as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Patriotas Boyacá has won 3 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.
The Patriotas fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches.
Unión Magdalena form and stats
There's been little loot from Unión Magdalena's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 10 away games in the Liga BetPlay. Unión Magdalena only have 0 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.
Unión Magdalena have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 256 minutes ago. Mejia was the goal scorer.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Santa Fe with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Attacker Hinojosa got a player rating of 7.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Hinojosa hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-2 defeat away at Rionegro Aguilas before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Magdalena playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 5 Unión Magdalena wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Unión Magdalena's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Magdalena have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Unión Magdalena - Patriotas Boyacá 0-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - three - three (Patriotas Boyacá wins - draws - Unión Magdalena wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last nine encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Hinojosa Marín 8 goals |  C. Barrios Puertas 6 goals | D. López Tobías 3 goals |
Patriotas Boyacá missing players
Unión Magdalena missing players
| Patriotas Boyacá | Unión Magdalena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 31 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 41 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 46 |
| 85% | 76% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 62% | 59% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 59% | 68% |
| 35% | 35% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 35% | 41% |
| 15% | 12% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 12% | 12% |
| 9% | 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 35% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 41% | 41% |
| 29% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 15% |
| 41% | 41% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 53% | 53% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 24% | 24% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 23% | 28% |
| 9.2 | 7.5 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 10.6 | 8.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
- Unión Magdalena have the fewest points (2) away in Liga BetPlay
- Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Liga BetPlay
- Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (8) in Liga BetPlay
- Unión Magdalena have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Liga BetPlay
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Atletico Nacional | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellin | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Junior | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Envigado | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 7 | La Equidad | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Santa Fe | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Once Caldas | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | America de Cali | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyacá | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Cortulua | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 19 | Deportivo Cali | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Unión Magdalena | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | -20 | 11 |
