Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when America de Cali welcomes Atletico Bucaramanga

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Competition: Colombia Primera A
Date: Sun 22.September
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero (38648 seats)

America de Cali perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Atletico Bucaramanga can look both up and down from their 13th position.

América de Cali and Atlético Bucaramanga should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This pitch has grass, which is not Atlético Bucaramanga's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Atlético Bucaramanga have performed like this: Played 46 matches resulting in 11 wins, 13 draws and 22 defeats with the goal stats 31-53 (scored/conceded).

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América de Cali form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what América de Cali have to build on here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in the Primera A. Two home wins in a row for América de Cali bring valid hopes of a third.

The home team returns to Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero after sharing the points with Jaguares de Córdoba (placed 18th) on their last time out; the Primera A game ended 2-2. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Deportivo Cali.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier América de Cali matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from six games).

The América de Cali fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. From these home matches, América de Cali have conceded only 4 goals.

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Atlético Bucaramanga form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Atlético Bucaramanga playing as the away team in the Primera A this season.

The supporters enjoyed Atlético Bucaramanga's previous game versus Rionegro Águilas (placed 7th), a Primera A 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Atlético Bucaramanga manager H. Torres faced defeat when travelling to Cucuta Deportivo and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Atlético Bucaramanga playing away, we found seven games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 4 home wins.

Goals are few and far between in Atlético Bucaramanga's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. Atlético Bucaramanga are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. 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 Atlético Bucaramanga - América de Cali 0-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for América de Cali, 4 draws and 3 wins for Atlético Bucaramanga. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Cabrera
7 goals / 12 assists
J. Pérez
7 goals / 2 assists

América de Cali missing players

Atlético Bucaramanga missing players

América de Cali Atlético Bucaramanga
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 15 31
18 9 2 Won W 0 2 8
8 4 2 Drew D 1 6 10
11 5 2 Lost L 5 7 13
50 26 8 Scored S 2 9 25
40 17 8 Conceded C 10 21 34
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 80% 84%
73% 72% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 58%
51% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 27% 26%
19% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 20% 13%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 6%
54% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 17% 40% 35%
32% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 27% 35%
19% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 83% 53% 45%
 
5 5.9 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.3
4.9 4.7 3.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5 5.2
2.6 2.4 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3 3.2
10 3 2 Red Cards R C 2 4 8
Key stats This season:
  • América de Cali have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlético Bucaramanga have scored away.
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Atlético Bucaramanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

América de Cali
All Copa Colombia Primera A Club Friendlies Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
23-08-19 PA Santa Fe 1 - 2 América de Cali
26-08-19 PA América de Cali 1 - 0 Envigado
31-08-19 PA Once Caldas 2 - 1 América de Cali
09-09-19 PA América de Cali 2 - 1 Deportivo Cali
15-09-19 PA Jaguares de Córdoba 2 - 2 América de Cali
22-09-19 PA América de Cali 01:00 Atlético Bucaramanga
29-09-19 PA La Equidad 22:00 América de Cali
02-10-19 PA América de Cali - Atlético Huila
06-10-19 PA Deportivo Cali - América de Cali
09-10-19 PA América de Cali - Union Magdalena
Atlético Bucaramanga
All Copa Colombia Primera A
All Home Away
21-08-19 PA Atlético Bucaramanga 1 - 1 Deportes Tolima
25-08-19 PA Patriotas Boyacá 0 - 1 Atlético Bucaramanga
01-09-19 PA Atlético Bucaramanga 0 - 0 Junior
07-09-19 PA Cucuta Deportivo 2 - 0 Atlético Bucaramanga
14-09-19 PA Atlético Bucaramanga 2 - 0 Rionegro Águilas
22-09-19 PA América de Cali 01:00 Atlético Bucaramanga
28-09-19 PA Atlético Bucaramanga 23:00 Envigado
02-10-19 PA Santa Fe - Atlético Bucaramanga
06-10-19 PA Atlético Bucaramanga - Independiente Medellín
09-10-19 PA Once Caldas - Atlético Bucaramanga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alianza Petrolera 10 6 3 1 10 5 5 4 1 0 6 2 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 21
2 Cúcuta Deportivo 11 6 3 2 17 14 5 3 2 0 7 3 6 3 1 2 10 11 3 21
3 América de Cali 11 6 3 2 15 13 5 3 2 0 7 4 6 3 1 2 8 9 2 21
4 Atlético Nacional 11 5 5 1 22 11 6 3 2 1 15 8 5 2 3 0 7 3 11 20
5 Millonarios 11 6 2 3 16 13 6 5 0 1 11 7 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 20
6 Deportivo Cali 10 5 2 3 15 9 5 4 1 0 10 1 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 17
7 Rionegro Águilas 11 4 4 3 15 15 5 3 1 1 7 4 6 1 3 2 8 11 0 16
8 Deportes Tolima 11 4 3 4 11 9 5 2 2 1 6 1 6 2 1 3 5 8 2 15
9 Junior 11 4 3 4 5 6 5 3 0 2 3 2 6 1 3 2 2 4 -1 15
10 Deportivo Pasto 11 3 5 3 13 11 5 3 2 0 8 1 6 0 3 3 5 10 2 14
11 Patriotas Boyacá 11 3 5 3 12 10 5 3 1 1 8 2 6 0 4 2 4 8 2 14
12 Once Caldas 11 3 4 4 10 10 6 2 2 2 8 7 5 1 2 2 2 3 0 13
13 Atlético Bucaramanga 11 3 4 4 8 8 6 2 2 2 6 4 5 1 2 2 2 4 0 13
14 Independiente Medellín 11 4 1 6 17 19 5 2 0 3 9 8 6 2 1 3 8 11 -2 13
15 Envigado 11 3 4 4 15 17 6 2 3 1 12 10 5 1 1 3 3 7 -2 13
16 Santa Fe 11 3 2 6 5 10 5 2 1 2 4 3 6 1 1 4 1 7 -5 11
17 La Equidad 11 2 3 6 10 14 6 2 2 2 4 3 5 0 1 4 6 11 -4 9
18 Jaguares de Córdoba 11 1 6 4 8 15 6 1 5 0 6 5 5 0 1 4 2 10 -7 9
19 Atlético Huila 11 1 6 4 9 17 6 1 4 1 8 8 5 0 2 3 1 9 -8 9
20 Unión Magdalena 11 2 2 7 8 15 6 2 2 2 7 6 5 0 0 5 1 9 -7 8

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