Struggling Universitario Popayán will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Deportivo Pereira in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Universitario Popayán form and stats
2 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Universitario Popayán have to build on here. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.Universitario Popayán manager A. Guerrero and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Atlético in the Copa Colombia. The points were shared before that, a Primera B home game that ended 0-0 versus Leones FC.
The Universitario Popayán fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Universitario Popayán have only let in 3 goals at home.
Deportivo Pereira form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Deportivo Pereira so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-2 (win-draw-lose).The supporters enjoyed Deportivo Pereira's previous game versus Jaguares de Córdoba, a Copa Colombia 5-1 win played at home. Before that, Deportivo Pereira travelled to Real Cartagena and returned home with a draw after the Primera B game finished 2-2.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Deportivo Pereira as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games. As opposed to that, Deportivo Pereira have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Universitario Popayán-Deportivo Pereira H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Universitario Popayán 3 wins, Deportivo Pereira 4 wins, 3 draws.Top Goalscorers
  D. Álvarez 8 goals |  J. Molina 5 goals |   L. Mina 4 goals |
Universitario Popayán missing players
Deportivo Pereira missing players
| Universitario Popayán | Deportivo Pereira | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Drew | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 77% | 57% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 85% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 54% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 31% |
| 31% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 29% | 54% |
| 46% | 43% | 100% | Failed To Score | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 3.8 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | 5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 8 | Corners Against (avg) | 2 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 5 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | 0 | 2 | 2 |
- Deportivo Pereira is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| 06-04-19 | | Universitario Popayán | 0 - 0 | Bogotá |
| 10-04-19 | | Deportivo Pasto | 1 - 0 | Universitario Popayán |
| 14-04-19 | | Cortuluá | 1 - 0 | Universitario Popayán |
| 20-04-19 | | Universitario Popayán | 0 - 0 | Leones FC |
| 25-04-19 | | Atlético | 1 - 1 | Universitario Popayán |
| 28-04-19 | | Real Cartagena | 20:00 | Universitario Popayán |
| 04-05-19 | | Universitario Popayán | 05:00 | Deportivo Pereira |
| 08-05-19 | | Universitario Popayán | - | América de Cali |
| 20-07-19 | | Real Santander | - | Universitario Popayán |
| 27-07-19 | | Universitario Popayán | - | Orsomarso |
| 06-04-19 | | Leones FC | 1 - 0 | Deportivo Pereira |
| 11-04-19 | | Deportivo Pereira | 3 - 1 | Envigado |
| 16-04-19 | | Deportivo Pereira | 0 - 1 | Deportes Quindío |
| 20-04-19 | | Real Cartagena | 2 - 2 | Deportivo Pereira |
| 24-04-19 | | Deportivo Pereira | 5 - 1 | Jaguares de Córdoba |
| 30-04-19 | | Deportivo Pereira | 01:00 | Barranquilla |
| 04-05-19 | | Universitario Popayán | 05:00 | Deportivo Pereira |
| 08-05-19 | | Leones FC | - | Deportivo Pereira |
| 20-07-19 | | Deportivo Pereira | - | Fortaleza CEIF |
| 27-07-19 | | Real Santander | - | Deportivo Pereira |
| 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 | Real Cartagena | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Deportes Quindío | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Barranquilla | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Boyacá Chicó | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Llaneros | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Fortaleza CEIF | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Cortuluá | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Leones FC | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Tigres | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Bogotá | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 16 |
| 12 | Valledupar | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Universitario Popayán | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Real Santander | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Atlético | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 16 | Orsomarso | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
