Liga BetPlay match prediction: Little separates Unión Magdalena and Deportivo Pereira in quality

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Wed 12.April
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Sierra Nevada (16000 seats)

It's time for Unión Magdalena - Deportivo Pereira! Even with their varied results, this match could be great fun!

Insights:
  • Unión Magdalena have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Unión Magdalena have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Deportivo Pereira have scored away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Deportivo Pereira, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Magdalena nor Deportivo Pereira 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.

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Unión Magdalena form and stats

Unión Magdalena have collected 9 points from their Liga BetPlay home games so far after 2-3-0.

Unión Magdalena travelled for their previous game, a trip to Once Caldas that ended 1-1. Baier (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Baier served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).

Before that result, a home victory against Tigres in the Copa Colombia. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Magdalena have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 2.

There will be little rest for Unión Magdalena after this match as they are travelling to Deportivo Cali for a Liga BetPlay game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Magdalena in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Deportivo Pereira form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Deportivo Pereira so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). The last three matches for Deportivo Pereira have all ended in a draw.

Pereira delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Atletico Bucaramanga (placed 16th) in their previous fixture. Aladesanmi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Aladesanmi scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that, 1-1 at home hosting Colo-Colo in the Copa Libertadores. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Deportivo Pereira in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Deportivo Pereira, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Pereira are hosting Santa Fe in the Liga BetPlay only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Deportivo Pereira as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Pereira have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these squads: Unión Magdalena won four, Deportivo Pereira were winners in five and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Unión MagdalenaF. Cantillo Beleño
F. Cantillo Beleño
3 goals
Deportivo PereiraC. Ramírez Aguirre
C. Ramírez Aguirre
3 goals
Unión MagdalenaJ. Castro Maestre
J. Castro Maestre
2 goals

Unión Magdalena missing players

Deportivo Pereira missing players

Unión Magdalena Deportivo Pereira
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 6 12
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
7 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 5
11 9 4 Scored S 0 4 13
13 6 3 Conceded C 2 8 17
73% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 92%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 83%
45% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
27% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
64% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
27% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 17%
36% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 25%
 
5.2 6.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 4.5
5.3 5.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 4.2
3.6 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.8 3.2
9 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.7 11.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 12.6
2.5 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.6
39% 47% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 24%
 
15.9 10.2 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.7 11.8
5.3 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 4.3
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • All of Unión Magdalena's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Unión Magdalena have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Unión Magdalena have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Unión Magdalena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Magdalena have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Deportivo Pereira have scored away.
  • Unión Magdalena have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Unión Magdalena have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unión Magdalena haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 11 7 3 1 18 9 5 4 1 0 10 4 6 3 2 1 8 5 9 24
2 Rionegro Aguilas 12 6 4 2 17 15 6 5 1 0 11 5 6 1 3 2 6 10 2 22
3 America de Cali 11 6 3 2 16 8 6 4 2 0 9 1 5 2 1 2 7 7 8 21
4 Boyaca Chico 10 6 2 2 17 9 6 5 1 0 12 3 4 1 1 2 5 6 8 20
5 Atletico Nacional 11 4 6 1 11 6 6 2 4 0 6 3 5 2 2 1 5 3 5 18
6 Alianza Petrolera 11 5 2 4 13 9 6 5 0 1 12 4 5 0 2 3 1 5 4 17
7 Deportivo Pasto 11 5 2 4 11 12 5 2 1 2 5 6 6 3 1 2 6 6 -1 17
8 Santa Fe 12 4 4 4 15 14 6 3 1 2 7 4 6 1 3 2 8 10 1 16
9 Deportes Tolima 11 3 6 2 13 13 5 3 1 1 7 5 6 0 5 1 6 8 0 15
10 Envigado 12 3 5 4 9 11 6 2 3 1 6 5 6 1 2 3 3 6 -2 14
11 Jaguares de Cordoba 12 3 4 5 12 12 7 3 2 2 10 7 5 0 2 3 2 5 0 13
12 Independiente Medellin 12 3 4 5 12 13 5 2 2 1 6 3 7 1 2 4 6 10 -1 13
13 Unión Magdalena 11 2 7 2 11 13 5 2 3 0 9 6 6 0 4 2 2 7 -2 13
14 Deportivo Pereira 12 3 4 5 13 17 6 2 2 2 9 9 6 1 2 3 4 8 -4 13
15 Atletico Huila 12 4 1 7 14 19 5 3 1 1 7 5 7 1 0 6 7 14 -5 13
16 Atletico Bucaramanga 12 2 6 4 8 12 6 1 3 2 3 5 6 1 3 2 5 7 -4 12
17 Junior 11 2 5 4 8 11 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 0 2 3 3 7 -3 11
18 Once Caldas 12 2 5 5 8 12 6 1 3 2 5 6 6 1 2 3 3 6 -4 11
19 La Equidad 12 1 7 4 8 12 6 1 4 1 5 5 6 0 3 3 3 7 -4 10
20 Deportivo Cali 12 1 6 5 7 14 6 0 5 1 3 4 6 1 1 4 4 10 -7 9