This is the Primera A season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Once Caldas or Santa Fe get that important first win?
Once Caldas form and stats
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 Once Caldas have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 1 Lost 3.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Once Caldas, as the Primera A home game vs Atlético Bucaramanga is only four days away.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Once Caldas friendly games in pre-season: Once Caldas played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Once Caldas scored 0 goals and conceded 1 in these one game.
Last season, Once Caldas's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Primera A. Over these 20 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Once Caldas managed 4-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 10 conceded.
Santa Fe form and stats
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Santa Fe in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Santa Fe, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Let's have a look at how Santa Fe performed last season in the Primera A: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 12 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 11/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Once Caldas won 2, Santa Fe won 4 and 4 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.Once Caldas missing players
Santa Fe missing players
| Once Caldas | Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Once Caldas | Last season | Santa Fe | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 18 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 46 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 52% | 57% | ||
| 38% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 33% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 11% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 4% | 4% | ||
| 50% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 35% | ||
| 28% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 43% | ||
| 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 52% | 43% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 473 | 270 | Total Shots | T S | 221 | 486 | ||
| 164 | 92 | Shots on Target | S O | 82 | 167 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Independiente Medellin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Alianza Petrolera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | América de Cali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Atlético Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Boyacá Chicó | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Deportivo Cali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Deportivo Pasto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Deportivo Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Envigado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Junior | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | La Equidad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Millonarios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Once Caldas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Patriotas Boyacá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Rionegro Águilas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Santa Fe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | Atlético 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 | Cúcuta 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 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Rionegro Águilas | 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 Boyacá | 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 Córdoba | 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 |