Independiente Medellín will not expect any favours from hosts Rionegro Águilas in this Liga BetPlay fixture. Here's your thorough match preview!
- Rionegro Águilas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Independiente Medellín have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Liga BetPlay
It's no vacation for neither Rionegro Águilas nor Independiente Medellín as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Rionegro Águilas form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga BetPlay, Rionegro Águilas have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games. Two home wins in a row for Rionegro bring valid hopes of a third.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Rionegro Águilas, as their goalkeeper Jose David Contreras Verna has completely shut out the opponents for 446 minutes in the Liga BetPlay.
It's back home for Rionegro Águilas, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Deportivo Pasto away with the result 1-0. Pérez found the net in that victory. The striker Pérez was declared "man of the match" for Rionegro Águilas with the rating of 8.31/10. Pérez scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against America de Cali.This is expected to be a close game, with Rionegro Águilas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rionegro Águilas as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Rionegro has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 11 league matches, 9 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
There will be little rest for Rionegro Águilas after this match as they are travelling to Independiente Medellín for a Liga BetPlay game in only four days.
Rionegro are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. 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.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Independiente Medellín so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Independiente Medellín goalkeeper Andres Felipe Mosquera Marmolejo is eager to challenge this, with his 283 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two trips in a row for Independiente, whose manager Giraldo could celebrate last time after the win against America de Cali. Independiente Medellín goalie Mosquera was high and low in the America de Cali game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. Mosquera was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.45. The agile goalkeeper Mosquera topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Deportivo Pasto.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Independiente Medellín in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Independiente, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
After this away game Independiente Medellín return home for a Liga BetPlay game against Rionegro Águilas. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Independiente's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other previously this season, with the result Rionegro Águilas - Independiente Medellín 3-0 registered in the official records. Flores (Rionegro) was sent off when these teams previously met this season. Rionegro Águilas-Independiente Medellín H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rionegro Águilas four wins, Independiente Medellín five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Salazar Valencia 3 goals | J. Rodríguez Cordoba 2 goals | O. Hernández Niño 1 goals |
Rionegro Águilas missing players
Independiente Medellín missing players
| Rionegro Águilas | Independiente Medellín | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 42 | 21 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 24 | 48 |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 23 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| 43 | 30 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 29 | 66 |
| 41 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 12 | 34 | 47 |
| 93% | 95% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 85% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 79% | 71% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 46% | 40% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 25% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 17% | 10% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 50% | 44% |
| 48% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 40% |
| 24% | 5% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 42% | 31% |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9.2 | 11.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7 | 7.8 |
| 4 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 25% | 28% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | 36% |
| 6.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| 2.9 | 1.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
- Independiente Medellín have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Independiente Medellín have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Liga BetPlay
- Rionegro Águilas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 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 Medellín | 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 Águilas | 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 Boyaca | 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 | Union Magdalena | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | -20 | 11 |
