Open game expected at Estadio Sierra Nevada: Unión Magdalena vs Deportivo Pereira preview

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Competition: Colombia Liga BetPlay
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 21:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Sierra Nevada (16000 seats)

Unión Magdalena are receiving Deportivo Pereira for another highly important fixture after their 1-1 result against Junior.

Insights:
  • Unión Magdalena have the fewest scored goals (8) in Liga BetPlay
  • Deportivo Pereira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they played only three days ago in the Liga BetPlay. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Junior.

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Unión Magdalena form and stats

With 2 Liga BetPlay wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Unión Magdalena are certainly not brimming with confidence. Magdalena are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio Sierra Nevada, having lost their two previous games here.

The Unión Magdalena coach Rodríguez and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Junior. Pena, defender, was given a rating of 7.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Pena scored one goal and won 5 of 8 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Independiente Medellin with the scoreline 0-2.

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 10 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 4.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Unión Magdalena here at Estadio Sierra Nevada in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 10 games). 14 goals have been conceded. Magdalena has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Deportivo Pereira form and stats

Deportivo Pereira have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga BetPlay, after 2-3-5 (10 played).

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Envigado with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Deportivo Pereira goalkeeper Castillo could enjoy a wonderful day at work versus Envigado, but despite managing nine saves the loss could not be avoided. Ramirez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Ramirez hit one key pass and won 4 of 4 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Deportivo Pasto.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Pereira in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Deportivo Pereira, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Liga BetPlay trip to Millonarios.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Deportivo Pereira have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. 14 goals have been conceded by Deportivo Pereira in these games.

Head 2 Head

Deportivo Pereira - Unión Magdalena 2-0 was the output when this pair of squads formerly met, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Magdalena victories, one draw and six Deportivo Pereira wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Unión MagdalenaR. Hinojosa Marín
R. Hinojosa Marín
8 goals
Unión MagdalenaF. Cantillo Beleño
F. Cantillo Beleño
3 goals
Deportivo PereiraB. Muñiz
B. Muñiz
3 goals

Unión Magdalena missing players

Deportivo Pereira missing players

Unión Magdalena Deportivo Pereira
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 4 Played P 5 17 36
9 5 0 Won W 2 5 13
9 5 1 Drew D 1 5 9
19 8 3 Lost L 2 7 14
28 14 0 Scored S 7 20 42
52 26 5 Conceded C 7 21 43
92% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
70% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 75%
41% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 59% 47%
14% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
43% 39% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 71% 58%
14% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 22%
51% 56% 100% Failed to Score F T 20% 24% 25%
 
3.5 4.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.8 3.9
4.5 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 4.8
3.2 3.2 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.5 3.2
10 6 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
6.8 6.8 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.7 7.9
2.8 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.9
28% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 30%
 
8.6 6.6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.6 9.3
4.7 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Liga BetPlay this season:
  • Deportivo Pereira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Magdalena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Magdalena have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Liga BetPlay
  • 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 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

  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 Cortuluá 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