Rionegro Águilas supporters put their faith in manager Vélez to deliver victory against Deportivo Pereira

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Grisales (14000 seats)

Liga BetPlay: Two participants who have done splendidly so far. Let's get ready for Rionegro Águilas - Deportivo Pereira with this comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Rionegro Águilas have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Deportivo Pereira haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Rionegro Águilas have less rest than Deportivo Pereira in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Santa Fe, was also a home game here at Estadio Alberto Grisales. The away team is better rested.

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Rionegro Águilas form and stats

Rionegro Águilas have collected seven points from their first three Liga BetPlay games here at Estadio Alberto Grisales, a promising start.

Rionegro's previous game was also a home event, the loss 1-2 against Santa Fe (in Copa Sudamericana).

Heartbreak before that as Rionegro Águilas lost 0-3 at Independiente Medellin's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rionegro Águilas have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Rionegro Águilas has scored {6 goals} so far and conceded {3 goals} from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Deportivo Pereira form and stats

Things could have gone better for Deportivo Pereira in their Liga BetPlay away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

There were no winners in Pereira's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Deportes Tolima (placed 17th). Perea was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.81. The defender Perea scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Deportivo Cali with the score of 1-0.

Deportivo Pereira are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The attacking power of Deportivo Pereira when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Pereira have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Data for the last ten meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Rionegro Águilas, four draws and three wins for Deportivo Pereira. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo PereiraC. Ramírez Aguirre
C. Ramírez Aguirre
3 goals
Rionegro ÁguilasJ. Rodríguez Cordoba
J. Rodríguez Cordoba
2 goals
Deportivo PereiraJ. Vásquez Salazar
J. Vásquez Salazar
2 goals

Rionegro Águilas missing players

Deportivo Pereira missing players

Rionegro Águilas Deportivo Pereira
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 3 7
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
9 6 0 Scored S 1 2 10
8 3 0 Conceded C 3 5 11
86% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 86%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 57%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 43%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 71%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
4.6 6.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.1
4 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 4.3
3.3 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4.3 4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12 14.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.3 12.7
4.4 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 4.6
29% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 20% 31%
 
10.3 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.3 11.9
4.3 4.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 4.6
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Deportivo Pereira haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rionegro Águilas have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rionegro Águilas 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 America de Cali 6 4 1 1 12 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 2 0 1 6 4 7 13
2 Atlético Nacional 7 3 3 1 8 5 4 2 2 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 12
3 Rionegro Águilas 7 3 3 1 9 8 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 1 2 1 3 5 1 12
4 Boyaca Chico 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 3 1 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 10
5 Envigado 7 2 4 1 7 6 4 2 2 0 6 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 10
6 Deportivo Pereira 7 3 1 3 10 11 4 2 1 1 8 6 3 1 0 2 2 5 -1 10
7 Millonarios 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 9
8 Jaguares de Cordoba 7 2 3 2 9 8 4 2 2 0 7 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 9
9 Atletico Bucaramanga 7 2 3 2 5 5 4 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 9
10 Independiente Medellin 7 2 2 3 8 7 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 8
11 Alianza Petrolera 6 2 2 2 6 5 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 8
12 Once Caldas 7 2 2 3 5 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 8
13 Deportivo Pasto 6 2 1 3 7 9 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 7
14 Union Magdalena 6 1 4 1 4 7 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 0 2 1 0 4 -3 7
15 La Equidad 6 1 3 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 6
16 Junior 6 1 3 2 3 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -1 6
17 Deportes Tolima 6 1 3 2 7 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 0 3 1 4 6 -2 6
18 Santa Fe 6 1 3 2 6 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 2 1 6 6 -2 6
19 Deportivo Cali 6 1 3 2 4 6 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 -2 6
20 Atletico Huila 7 1 1 5 7 13 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 3 9 -6 4