This league campaign has been grim for Unión Magdalena up to now, while América de Cali have taken lots of points. Will the visiting team chalk up another victory at Estadio Sierra Nevada?
- Unión Magdalena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- América de Cali have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Liga BetPlay
América de Cali have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Unión Magdalena and América de Cali.
Unión Magdalena form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga BetPlay, Unión Magdalena have managed 3 wins, 6 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games. When Unión Magdalena hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Alianza Petrolera, Millonarios, Atletico Nacional, Rionegro Aguilas and Boyaca Chico), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
Magdalena are confident in defense, having played 203 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Unión Magdalena's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Alianza Petrolera. The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Angulo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.12/10. Angulo served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Jaguares de Cordoba and winning 1-0.The Unión Magdalena fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Magdalena have conceded 12 in these home matches.
América de Cali form and stats
Playing away, América de Cali, who have the most scored goals (15) away in Liga BetPlay, have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Liga BetPlay this season.
América de Cali had fun at their own home (Estadio Sierra Nevada) last time out, beating Santa Fe 2-0. Sarmiento and Ramos scored. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone four league fixtures without winning. The attacker Ramos got a match rating of 8.41 in that game. Ramos scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Junior wasn't a success with a 3-4 loss.The schedule is very tough for América de Cali now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga BetPlay game at Alianza Petrolera is waiting in only three days.
The travelling fans enjoy América de Cali's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. As for defending, América rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: América de Cali - Unión Magdalena 4-0. Magdalena-América de Cali H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Unión Magdalena two wins, América de Cali seven wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Suárez 10 goals |   I. Camargo Pineda 8 goals | A. Sarmiento Salas 7 goals |
Unión Magdalena missing players
América de Cali missing players
| Unión Magdalena | América de Cali | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 22 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 22 | 49 |
| 34 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 24 | 38 |
| 74% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 70% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 75% |
| 44% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 41% |
| 19% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 48% | 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 73% | 56% |
| 33% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 38% |
| 44% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 12% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11.5 | 14.8 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 11.4 | 14.4 |
| 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| 25% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 48% | 34% |
| 13.7 | 9.9 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.9 | 11.8 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | 4 |
- América de Cali have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- América de Cali have scored more than double the goals of Unión Magdalena.
- América de Cali have the most scored goals (15) away in Liga BetPlay
- América de Cali have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Liga BetPlay
- América de Cali have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- América de Cali haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Unión Magdalena have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Rionegro Aguilas | 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 | Atletico 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 |
