Liga BetPlay: Unión Magdalena are 7 points short of La Equidad, but fully intend to go full throttle. Bring it on!
- Unión Magdalena have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Liga BetPlay
- La Equidad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for La Equidad, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Unión Magdalena form and stats
Unión Magdalena have played 10 Liga BetPlay games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jose Ramiro Sanchez Carvajal not having conceded a league goal in 293 minutes.
Unión Magdalena drew their last game, also a home match. América de Cali was the opponent, 0-0 the score. The goalie Sánchez was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.6 out of ten. Sánchez topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Alianza Petrolera.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 9 games. Unión Magdalena has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
It should be considered that a peek at the 12 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Magdalena has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Unión Magdalena's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
La Equidad form and stats
La Equidad have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Liga BetPlay, after 0-7-3 (10 played).
La Equidad have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 308 minutes ago. Rojas was the goal scorer.
Equidad delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Deportes Tolima in their previous game. Lima got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, top player of the team. Lima hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Alianza Petrolera before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with La Equidad playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 4 La Equidad wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's most recent 13 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
La Equidad have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (2-4-0) when facing Unión Magdalena.La Equidad - Magdalena 0-0 was the score in these teams' previous h2h game, earlier this season. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Camargo Pineda 8 goals |   D. Camacho Valencia 5 goals |  R. Márquez González 4 goals |
Unión Magdalena missing players
La Equidad missing players
| Unión Magdalena | La Equidad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 22 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 34 | 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| 71% | 79% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 79% |
| 68% | 79% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 61% |
| 43% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 18% | 21% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 46% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 54% |
| 36% | 29% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 21% | 32% |
| 46% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 11.4 | 14.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.1 | 14.2 |
| 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 24% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | 21% |
| 13.5 | 9.9 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16.1 | 12.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
- La Equidad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Unión Magdalena have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) 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 | 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 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 FC | 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 Córdoba | 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 |
