Alianza Petrolera will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind América de Cali.
It's no vacation for neither Alianza Petrolera nor América de Cali 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.
Alianza Petrolera form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Alianza Petrolera have to build on here at Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata in the Primera A.
The points were shared in Alianza Petrolera's previous game, also at home. Visiting Santa Fe travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Santa Fe.
This is expected to be a close game, with Alianza Petrolera perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alianza Petrolera as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Alianza Petrolera has won 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 1.
Alianza Petrolera are traveling soon after this match as the Primera A match at Deportivo Cali awaits in three days.
Alianza Petrolera aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Defensively Alianza Petrolera have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
América de Cali form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera A travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in América de Cali's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Two away games in a row for América de Cali, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Deportivo Cali in the Primera A. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Deportivo Cali.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with América de Cali playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 3 América de Cali wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A new game in only three days for América de Cali, the Primera A home match versus Santa Fe. Busy days.
América de Cali are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as América de Cali have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result América de Cali - Alianza Petrolera 3-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 2 - 6 (Alianza Petrolera wins - draws - América de Cali wins). As for goals, 9 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vásquez 13 goals |   M. Rangel 11 goals |  C. Sierra 8 goals |
Alianza Petrolera missing players
América de Cali missing players
| Alianza Petrolera | América de Cali | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 44 | 22 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 25 | 50 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 39 | 23 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 34 | 70 |
| 40 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 37 | 58 |
| 86% | 86% | 57% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 96% | 96% |
| 52% | 50% | 29% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | 74% |
| 27% | 23% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 64% | 54% |
| 11% | 14% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | 22% |
| 2% | 5% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | 8% |
| 41% | 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 68% | 58% |
| 39% | 50% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 24% | 30% |
| 34% | 27% | 57% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | 16% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 384 | 225 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 69 | 257 | 579 |
| 121 | 77 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 101 | 205 |
| 32% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 34% |
- América de Cali has the most matches over the total-line (27)
- América de Cali has the most scored goals in the second half (45)
- América de Cali have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Atletico Nacional | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | América de Cali | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 35 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Junior | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Santa Fe | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Cucuta Deportivo | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellin | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Once Caldas | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 11 | Millonarios | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 12 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Rionegro Aguilas | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Patriotas Boyaca | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Envigado | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 17 | La Equidad | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Atletico Huila | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 24 | -23 | 15 |
| 20 | Union Magdalena | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | -14 | 14 |