Delightful dogfight as daring Cúcuta Deportivo duel with determined Real Cartagena

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Competition: Colombia Torneo Betplay
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio General Santander (42000 seats)

Cúcuta Deportivo are enjoying their 3rd, while Real Cartagena are dragging their feet 2 points behind in the standings. Can they cut the gap?

Insights:
  • Cúcuta Deportivo is in the best form (4-2-0) in Torneo Betplay
  • Real Cartagena have the most points (13) away in Torneo Betplay

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cúcuta Deportivo and Real Cartagena.

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Cúcuta Deportivo form and stats

Home games in the Torneo Betplay have been a walk in the park for Cúcuta Deportivo so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

The Cúcuta goalkeeper Ezequiel Gaston Mastrolia is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 228 minutes without conceding a goal in the Torneo Betplay.

Cúcuta Deportivo's last game was hosting Real Cartagena and winning 2-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Bogotá and winning 2-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cúcuta Deportivo matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

Low on goals? In this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained two goals or less.

Cúcuta Deportivo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Defensively Cúcuta have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Real Cartagena form and stats

Playing away, Real Cartagena have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Torneo Betplay this season.

Real Cartagena are travelling again after losing away to Cúcuta Deportivo in their previous match (0-2). Before that defeat this club had won at least one point from nine league rounds in a row.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Tigres.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Real Cartagena when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 6 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league games in a row with this side have had two goals or less.

Real Cartagena has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Cartagena have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cúcuta Deportivo have put together a streak of 13 consecutive games without losing (10-3-0) when playing Real Cartagena.

Cúcuta and Real Cartagena have met earlier this season: Cúcuta Deportivo - Real Cartagena 2-0. The match official pulled out his red card when these teams last played each other, and the culprit was Rojas (Real Cartagena). The games between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Real CartagenaS. Giraldo
S. Giraldo
3 goals

Cúcuta Deportivo missing players

Real Cartagena missing players

Cúcuta Deportivo Real Cartagena
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 5 16 33
14 9 2 Won W 0 5 12
15 7 2 Drew D 2 5 12
4 1 0 Lost L 3 6 9
44 23 5 Scored S 3 16 43
28 11 2 Conceded C 7 19 41
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 91%
73% 76% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 79%
33% 24% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 42%
18% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
58% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 48%
36% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 38% 30%
12% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 44% 30%
 
4.8 5.4 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.8 4.6
3.7 3.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 4.9 4.3
3.5 3.5 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.9 2.8
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
9.1 9.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.5 8.8
4.1 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.2 3.8
33% 33% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 34%
 
7.8 5.7 4.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.6 9.2 7.7
3.3 2.4 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.5
Key stats in Torneo Betplay this season:
  • Cúcuta Deportivo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cúcuta Deportivo is in the best form (4-2-0) in Torneo Betplay
  • Real Cartagena have the most points (13) away in Torneo Betplay
  • Real Cartagena have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Llaneros 16 9 5 2 19 10 8 7 0 1 14 6 8 2 5 1 5 4 9 32
2 Patriotas Boyaca 16 8 6 2 20 7 8 5 3 0 12 1 8 3 3 2 8 6 13 30
3 Cúcuta Deportivo 16 7 7 2 19 12 8 6 2 0 11 3 8 1 5 2 8 9 7 28
4 Deportes Quindio 16 8 4 4 17 12 8 6 1 1 12 6 8 2 3 3 5 6 5 28
5 Cortulua 16 7 6 3 22 16 8 4 3 1 9 6 8 3 3 2 13 10 6 27
6 Real Cartagena 16 7 5 4 24 19 8 3 4 1 12 10 8 4 1 3 12 9 5 26
7 Fortaleza CEIF 16 6 7 3 20 15 8 5 3 0 17 7 8 1 4 3 3 8 5 25
8 Valledupar 16 5 6 5 18 21 8 4 3 1 14 10 8 1 3 4 4 11 -3 21
9 Real Santander 16 5 5 6 13 12 8 4 2 2 9 4 8 1 3 4 4 8 1 20
10 Leones FC 16 4 6 6 26 28 8 1 5 2 8 10 8 3 1 4 18 18 -2 18
11 Bogotá 16 4 5 7 12 16 8 3 3 2 10 7 8 1 2 5 2 9 -4 17
12 Barranquilla 16 5 2 9 18 24 8 1 2 5 6 14 8 4 0 4 12 10 -6 17
13 Orsomarso 16 5 2 9 12 20 8 4 0 4 6 7 8 1 2 5 6 13 -8 17
14 Tigres 16 4 3 9 7 13 8 2 2 4 4 6 8 2 1 5 3 7 -6 15
15 Boca Juniors de Cali 16 2 6 8 14 22 8 2 3 3 8 8 8 0 3 5 6 14 -8 12
16 Atletico 16 1 7 8 16 30 8 1 5 2 8 12 8 0 2 6 8 18 -14 10