Liga BetPlay fixture guide: Unión Magdalena against Deportes Tolima

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Mon 18.July
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Sierra Nevada (16000 seats)

The guesting Deportes Tolima side are probably odds-on at Unión Magdalena, as the visitors hold a 29 point advantage from their 20 league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (8) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima is in the best form (4-1-1) in Liga BetPlay

It's quite the trip for Deportes Tolima when visiting Unión Magdalena as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

The visiting Deportes Tolima played their last game only four days ago, a Liga BetPlay match.

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Unión Magdalena form and stats

Unión Magdalena's struggle is real here at Estadio Sierra Nevada with only 9 points collected from 10 Liga BetPlay games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5. When Unión Magdalena hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Millonarios, Atletico Nacional, Independiente Medellin, Junior and Envigado), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Magdalena enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Alianza Petrolera's place. The match ended 1-0 with Márquez scoring. What a relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in eight consecutive matches. The attacking player Márquez was announced as "man of the match" for Unión Magdalena with the rating of 8.12/10. Márquez scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Unión Magdalena drew at home versus Once Caldas.

Some goal stats: A review of the 16 latest league games reveals that 12 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Magdalena aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Sierra Nevada in the league, with only 5 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Unión Magdalena have conceded 14 goals. When Unión Magdalena hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Deportivo Pasto, Deportivo Pereira, Cortulua, America de Cali, Deportivo Cali and Patriotas Boyaca), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Deportes Tolima form and stats

Deportes Tolima's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Deportes Tolima collect 21 points from their 10 away matches in the Liga BetPlay. 6 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Deportes had fun at their own home (Estadio Sierra Nevada) last time out, beating Deportivo Cali 2-0. Lucumí and Rangel scored. Midfield player Lucumí was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Lucumí scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 43 successful passes (of 48 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Independiente Medellin.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's last 12 league matches have seen two or less goals.

Deportes Tolima find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Deportes's manager Oliveros has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Deportes Tolima - Unión Magdalena 2-1 entered in the official records. Unión Magdalena-Deportes Tolima H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Unión Magdalena zero wins, Deportes Tolima three wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Deportes TolimaJ. Caicedo Benítez
J. Caicedo Benítez
12 goals
MagdalenaI. Camargo Pineda
I. Camargo Pineda
10 goals
Deportes TolimaS. Mosquera Zapata
S. Mosquera Zapata
10 goals

Unión Magdalena missing players

Deportes Tolima missing players

Unión Magdalena Deportes Tolima
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 3 14 30
3 2 1 Won W 3 8 18
6 4 0 Drew D 0 3 6
13 5 1 Lost L 0 3 6
11 7 2 Scored S 6 19 42
30 16 4 Conceded C 1 9 21
86% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 90%
59% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 60%
32% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 37%
9% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
32% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 37%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 57% 50%
64% 64% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 23%
 
4 5.3 11 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.4 3.9
4.1 3.6 1 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.6 5.1
3.1 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.3
5 3 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
6.7 6.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6 5.8 6.8
2.6 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.9 3.6
20% 28% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 48% 39%
 
8.6 5.9 4 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 9.9 7.6
4.8 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.7
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Deportes Tolima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Deportes Tolima have scored more than double the goals of Unión Magdalena.
  • Deportes Tolima have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the most clean sheets (8) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the most points (21) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the the best goal difference (+15) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportes Tolima is in the best form (4-1-1) in Liga BetPlay
  • Unión Magdalena have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Unión Magdalena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Magdalena have the fewest points (9) at home in Liga BetPlay
  • Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Liga BetPlay
  • Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (8) in Liga BetPlay
  • Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Liga BetPlay
  • Unión Magdalena have the most conceded goals (14) at home in Liga BetPlay
  • Unión Magdalena have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Liga BetPlay
  • Unión Magdalena have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Liga BetPlay
  • Unión Magdalena 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 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 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 Unión Magdalena 20 2 5 13 8 28 10 2 3 5 5 14 10 0 2 8 3 14 -20 11