Rionegro Águilas - Atlético Nacional: Small difference between teams clash

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Thu 31.Aug
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Grisales (14000 seats)

A lot of action is expected at Estadio Alberto Grisales when Rionegro Águilas meet Atlético Nacional in what should be a superb match. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Rionegro Águilas have the most points (26) at home in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Nacional have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Liga BetPlay

The visiting Atlético Nacional played their last game only three days ago, a Liga BetPlay match. That game was also an away game, at Millonarios. 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.

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Rionegro Águilas form and stats

Rionegro Águilas have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga BetPlay with 8 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses.

The spoils were shared in Rionegro Águilas's previous game, also at home. Visiting Independiente Medellin travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Defender Banguero got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Banguero scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Atletico Bucaramanga the opponent.

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 Rionegro Águilas have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 9 have contained two goals or less.

Rionegro Águilas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Alberto Grisales in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Atlético Nacional form and stats

Playing away, Atlético Nacional have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Liga BetPlay this season.

Atlético are travelling again after losing away to Millonarios in their previous match (0-1). That defeat stopped this team's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; 15 games in total! Midfielder Mejía was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Mejía hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 41 successful passes (of 49 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Deportivo Pasto.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atlético Nacional playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Atlético Nacional wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 12 of this club's most recent 15 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

Atlético Nacional find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Atlético as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Atlético Nacional have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) versus Rionegro Águilas.

Rionegro Águilas - Atlético Nacional 0-1 was the scoreline in these contenders' latest H2H match, earlier this season. Banguero (Atlético Nacional) was shown a red card when these teams met earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

RionegroM. Pérez Murillo
M. Pérez Murillo
16 goals
Atlético NacionalJ. Duque Montoya
J. Duque Montoya
8 goals
Atlético NacionalD. Pabón Ríos
D. Pabón Ríos
6 goals

Rionegro Águilas missing players

Atlético Nacional missing players

Rionegro Águilas Atlético Nacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 2 Played P 4 18 35
14 10 1 Won W 0 6 16
11 5 1 Drew D 2 9 15
7 1 0 Lost L 2 3 4
43 25 3 Scored S 2 19 43
36 11 1 Conceded C 4 13 24
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 83%
72% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 61% 63%
47% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 22% 29%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 14%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
59% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 51%
28% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 44% 43%
22% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 23%
 
5.4 5.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.4 5.3
4.6 4.4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.4 5.8
3.1 2.8 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.4
7 2 0 Red cards R C 2 4 7
 
13.2 15.1 16 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 13.9 14.1
4.5 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.3 4.9
30% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 25% 25%
 
11.9 10.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.8 12.9
4.2 3.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 4
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Atlético Nacional have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Nacional have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Nacional have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Nacional have the most clean sheets (15) in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Nacional have the most clean sheets (8) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Nacional have the most matches under the total-line (25) in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Nacional have the most points (16) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Atlético Nacional have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Rionegro Águilas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rionegro Águilas have the most points (26) at home in Liga BetPlay
  • Rionegro Águilas have the most scored goals (20) at home in Liga BetPlay
  • Rionegro Águilas have the the best goal difference (+13) at home 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 Rionegro Águilas 20 11 6 3 32 21 10 8 2 0 20 7 10 3 4 3 12 14 11 39
2 Millonarios 20 10 8 2 30 18 10 7 3 0 19 9 10 3 5 2 11 9 12 38
3 Atlético Nacional 20 9 8 3 26 14 10 5 4 1 13 6 10 4 4 2 13 8 12 35
4 América de Cali 20 9 5 6 32 23 10 6 3 1 17 7 10 3 2 5 15 16 9 32
5 Boyaca Chico 20 7 9 4 24 18 10 6 4 0 16 5 10 1 5 4 8 13 6 30
6 Alianza Petrolera 20 9 3 8 27 22 10 8 0 2 19 9 10 1 3 6 8 13 5 30
7 Independiente Medellin 20 8 5 7 29 24 10 5 3 2 17 8 10 3 2 5 12 16 5 29
8 Deportivo Pasto 20 8 5 7 22 21 10 5 3 2 13 8 10 3 2 5 9 13 1 29
9 Junior 20 7 7 6 17 17 10 4 5 1 8 5 10 3 2 5 9 12 0 28
10 Santa Fe 20 7 5 8 29 25 10 6 1 3 17 6 10 1 4 5 12 19 4 26
11 La Equidad 20 5 11 4 20 17 10 5 4 1 14 7 10 0 7 3 6 10 3 26
12 Deportivo Pereira 20 6 7 7 24 25 10 4 4 2 16 13 10 2 3 5 8 12 -1 25
13 Deportes Tolima 20 5 9 6 23 26 10 5 3 2 15 11 10 0 6 4 8 15 -3 24
14 Deportivo Cali 20 5 8 7 20 26 10 3 6 1 10 7 10 2 2 6 10 19 -6 23
15 Atletico Bucaramanga 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 3 4 3 10 9 10 1 4 5 5 12 -6 20
16 Envigado 20 4 8 8 14 20 10 3 4 3 9 9 10 1 4 5 5 11 -6 20
17 Once Caldas 20 4 8 8 17 24 10 3 4 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 6 13 -7 20
18 Jaguares de Cordoba 20 4 7 9 16 26 10 4 4 2 13 9 10 0 3 7 3 17 -10 19
19 Unión Magdalena 20 3 10 7 16 30 10 3 6 1 13 12 10 0 4 6 3 18 -14 19
20 Atletico Huila 20 5 3 12 20 35 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 2 0 8 9 21 -15 18