The Primera A league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Atlético Nacional and Deportivo Cali are placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.
It's no vacation for neither Atlético Nacional nor Deportivo 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.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
Only two Primera A home games for Atlético Nacional so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
A good away victory last time out for Atlético Nacional, who won 3-0 against Boyacá Chicó (placed 15th). Ahead of that match, Atlético Nacional won a home game hosting Huracan (3-0).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Atlético Nacional matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, three draws and two defeats (from seven games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlético Nacional as they are travelling to their away game against Huracan in the Copa Sudamericana. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Atlético Nacional at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Deportivo Cali form and stats
Four points from two away games for Deportivo Cali, meaning one draw and one victory in the Primera A so far.
Deportivo Cali won their last game, 2-1 versus River Plate played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus River Plate.
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 Deportivo Cali playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, one draw and zero home wins.
2 goals so far away for Deportivo Cali, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Atlético Nacional won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Deportivo Cali has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  G. Torres Grueso 4 goals |   A. Palavecino 2 goals |  D. Braghieri 1 goals |
Atlético Nacional missing players
Deportivo Cali missing players
| Atlético Nacional | Deportivo Cali | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 6.2 | 8.5 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 6 |
| 5 | 2.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.5 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 10 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 62% | 60% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 50% |
- Atlético Nacional has the most points from losing position (3)
- Atlético Nacional has the most scored goals (10)
- Atlético Nacional has the most scored goals in the second half (7)
- Deportivo Cali has the most clean sheets (2) away
| Atlético Nacional | Last season | Deportivo Cali | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 52 | 26 | Played | P | 26 | 52 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 22 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 12 | 17 | ||
| 67 | 42 | Scored | S | 32 | 68 | ||
| 53 | 27 | Conceded | C | 39 | 57 | ||
| 85% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 90% | ||
| 62% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 67% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | ||
| 27% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 23% | ||
| 10% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 10% | ||
| 54% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 50% | ||
| 35% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 29% | ||
| 27% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 31% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 11 | ||
| 649 | 374 | Total Shots | T S | 278 | 626 | ||
| 247 | 145 | Shots on Target | S O | 91 | 225 | ||
| 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Pasto | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | América de Cali | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Independiente Medellín | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Rionegro Águilas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Junior | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Once Caldas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Alianza Petrolera | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Deportes Tolima | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Santa Fe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Deportivo Pereira | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Envigado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Boyacá Chicó | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | La Equidad | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Millonarios | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 19 | Cucuta Deportivo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 20 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Junior | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Cucuta Deportivo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |