It's advantage Unión Magdalena so far with their 5th position in the Torneo Betplay table, welcoming Fortaleza CEIF who are placed 7th.
The visiting Fortaleza CEIF played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Colombia match.
These teams have little in common geographically as Fortaleza CEIF have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Unión Magdalena form and stats
3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Torneo Betplay numbers at home for Unión Magdalena so far this season. Magdalena has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Sierra Nevada, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
An away draw last time out for Magdalena, facing Leones FC in a game that ended 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Magdalena lost 1-2 at Bogota's place.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Magdalena's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won four matches, drawn two and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Leones FC are coming to town in three days.
The Magdalena manager C. Silva Socarrás has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. Magdalena have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Fortaleza CEIF form and stats
Playing away, Fortaleza CEIF have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Torneo Betplay this season.
Fortaleza's previous game was their home loss versus Deportes Quindio (0-1). A draw for Fortaleza before that, at their own venue hosting Llaneros (1-1).
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Fortaleza when being an outsider away as they are today, we find nine matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing three and winning one game.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa Colombia trip to Deportes Quindio.
Fortaleza have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Fortaleza are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Magdalena-Fortaleza CEIF H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Unión Magdalena three wins, Fortaleza CEIF four wins, one draw. six of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Acosta Pineda 10 goals |
Unión Magdalena missing players
Fortaleza CEIF missing players
| Unión Magdalena | Fortaleza CEIF | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | 14 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 32 | 74 |
| 19 | 14 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 74% | 64% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 32% |
- Fortaleza CEIF has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Torneo Betplay
- Fortaleza CEIF have not yet lost a game away.
- Unión Magdalena have not yet lost a game at home.
- Unión Magdalena have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Unión Magdalena have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortaleza CEIF have scored away.
- Unión Magdalena have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Unión Magdalena haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 Quindio | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Cortulua | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Leones FC | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Atlético Huila | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Unión Magdalena | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Llaneros | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Fortaleza CEIF | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Bogota | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Valledupar | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Real Santander | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Atlético | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 12 | Orsomarso | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Universitario Popayan | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Barranquilla | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 15 | Real Cartagena | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -11 | 5 |
| 16 | Tigres | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 3 |