This game involves two sides residing in the basement of the Liga BetPlay, Unión Magdalena holding 19th place and Deportivo Cali in 14th. A good chance for one of the contenders to upgrade their position.
- Deportivo Cali have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's quite the trip for Deportivo Cali when visiting Magdalena as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga BetPlay.
Unión Magdalena form and stats
3 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Unión Magdalena have to build on here at Estadio Sierra Nevada in the Liga BetPlay. The Unión Magdalena fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Sierra Nevada and will expect new points from this game. Unión Magdalena has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Unión Magdalena enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Deportivo Pereira's place. The match ended 2-1 with Torres and Márquez scoring. Finally, a league victory after three fixtures without one. A late climax in the match against Deportivo Pereira as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by Torres. The forward Torres bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Torres scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the match before that, Magdalena hosted Once Caldas and drew the game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Unión Magdalena perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Unión Magdalena as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Unión Magdalena has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Unión Magdalena has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. On the other hand, Magdalena have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Unión Magdalena has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Deportivo Cali form and stats
Deportivo Cali have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga BetPlay, after 2-2-6 (10 played).
Deportivo Cali played 2-2 against Independiente Medellín in their previous match. Gutiérrez got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Gutiérrez scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus La Equidad that ended 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Deportivo Cali playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 1 Cali win, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
In the opposite end, Deportivo Cali have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Deportivo Cali - Magdalena 2-1. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: one - three - four (Unión Magdalena wins - draws - Deportivo Cali wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Camargo Pineda 9 goals |   K. Velasco Bonilla 6 goals |  R. Márquez González 5 goals |
Unión Magdalena missing players
Deportivo Cali missing players
| Unión Magdalena | Deportivo Cali | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| 28 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 33 |
| 45 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 29 | 41 |
| 76% | 81% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 70% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 81% | 72% |
| 45% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 41% |
| 18% | 19% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | 19% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 52% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 44% |
| 33% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 28% |
| 39% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 41% |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.5 | 14.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 |
| 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 26% | 27% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 25% | 25% |
| 13.1 | 9.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
| 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
- Deportivo Cali have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Deportivo Cali have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Deportivo Cali haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | America 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 Medellín | 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 | Atlético 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 |
