Unión Magdalena vs América de Cali match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Sierra Nevada

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Competition: Colombia Primera A
Date: Thu 18.April
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Sierra Nevada (16000 seats)

Unión Magdalena will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind América de Cali.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primera A game only four days ago.

América de Cali have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Unión Magdalena form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Sierra Nevada as Unión Magdalena have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Unión Magdalena, who won 1-0 against Rionegro Aguilas. The points were shared before that, a Copa Colombia home game that ended 1-1 versus Real Cartagena.

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 Unión Magdalena have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won 1n Drawn 0 Lost 0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Unión Magdalena as they are travelling to their away game against Envigado in the Primera A. That match is three days after this one.

Unión Magdalena have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Sierra Nevada with 12 goals in 7 matches. Unión Magdalena have only conceded 6 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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América de Cali form and stats

Playing away, América de Cali have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats so far this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primera A home defeat versus Deportivo Cali with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away Copa Colombia victory against Atletico with the score of 1-0.

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 50 relevant matches. Results were 11 América de Cali wins, 17 draws and 22 defeats.

A new game in only three days for América de Cali, the Primera A home match versus Millonarios. Busy days.

América de Cali have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, 7 away games. As opposed to that, América de Cali have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 3 - 5 (Unión Magdalena wins - draws - América de Cali wins).

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Unión Magdalena América de Cali
Total Home Statistic Away Total
15 7 Played 7 15
18 12 Scored 8 19
19 6 Conceded 9 16
100% 100% Over 0.5 86% 87%
67% 57% Over 1.5 71% 60%
33% 29% Over 2.5 57% 53%
27% 29% Over 3.5 14% 27%
7% 14% Over 4.5 14% 7%
53% 43% Both teams to score 71% 53%
33% 57% Clean Sheet 29% 33%
13% 0% Failed To Score 14% 27%
 
4.9 5 Corners For (avg) 4 5.7
4.7 3.6 Corners Against (avg) 6.3 5.2
3.3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.4 2.9
4 1 Red Cards (total) 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Unión Magdalena hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • América de Cali is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Unión Magdalena has scored in all of their 7 home matches.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Millonarios 15 10 3 2 25 11 7 5 2 0 15 6 8 5 1 2 10 5 14 33
2 Junior 15 6 9 0 22 13 8 3 5 0 11 5 7 3 4 0 11 8 9 27
3 Deportes Tolima 15 7 4 4 21 11 8 4 3 1 8 3 7 3 1 3 13 8 10 25
4 Deportivo Pasto 15 7 4 4 15 10 7 4 2 1 9 4 8 3 2 3 6 6 5 25
5 América de Cali 15 7 3 5 19 16 8 4 1 3 11 7 7 3 2 2 8 9 3 24
6 Cúcuta Deportivo 16 7 3 6 23 21 8 4 2 2 16 12 8 3 1 4 7 9 2 24
7 Deportivo Cali 15 6 5 4 17 11 7 4 2 1 10 5 8 2 3 3 7 6 6 23
8 Once Caldas 15 6 3 6 14 13 8 4 0 4 7 6 7 2 3 2 7 7 1 21
9 Unión Magdalena 15 5 5 5 18 19 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 1 3 4 6 13 -1 20
10 Patriotas Boyacá 15 5 5 5 17 23 8 4 2 2 11 11 7 1 3 3 6 12 -6 20
11 Atlético Nacional 14 4 7 3 14 12 6 2 3 1 5 4 8 2 4 2 9 8 2 19
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 15 5 4 6 12 16 7 4 1 2 7 3 8 1 3 4 5 13 -4 19
13 Independiente Medellín 15 4 6 5 23 21 8 3 5 0 15 7 7 1 1 5 8 14 2 18
14 La Equidad 15 3 8 4 15 16 7 2 4 1 8 6 8 1 4 3 7 10 -1 17
15 Alianza Petrolera 15 4 5 6 10 14 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 2 2 3 4 7 -4 17
16 Jaguares de Córdoba 15 4 5 6 14 20 7 2 3 2 6 8 8 2 2 4 8 12 -6 17
17 Envigado 15 3 7 5 14 16 8 2 4 2 8 6 7 1 3 3 6 10 -2 16
18 Atlético Huila 15 2 7 6 13 23 7 2 3 2 9 11 8 0 4 4 4 12 -10 13
19 Santa Fe 15 0 10 5 11 17 8 0 5 3 8 12 7 0 5 2 3 5 -6 10
20 Rionegro Águilas 15 1 5 9 9 23 8 1 2 5 5 10 7 0 3 4 4 13 -14 8