The first leg ended Independiente Medellín-América de Cali 2-1. All is set for the decider in this Copa Sudamericana 1st Round fixture!
América de Cali and Independiente Medellín should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
América de Cali form and stats
América participated in Copa Sudamericana the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Atletico PR.3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera A numbers at home for América de Cali so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Joel David Graterol Nader not having conceded a league goal in 217 minutes.
Before that match, a Primera A win away at Deportivo Cali.This is expected to be a close game, with América de Cali perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with América de Cali as a small favourite), we find eleven games. América de Cali has won three of these, drawn four and lost four.
The match schedule is unforgiving for América de Cali as they have a new game in only three days, a Primera A match thankfully also at home. Independiente Medellín are visiting.
A decent goal production from América in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. From these home matches, América de Cali have conceded only 3 goals.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera A travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Atletico Nacional's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Independiente Medellín in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Independiente, two draws and three defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Independiente Medellín now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera A game at América de Cali is waiting in only three days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Independiente Medellín's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 5 matches. In the opposite end, Independiente Medellín have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Independiente Medellín - América 2-1 was the product when this pair of participants previously met, some time ago this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): América de Cali won three games, one match ended in a draw and Independiente Medellín managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.América de Cali missing players
Independiente Medellín missing players
| América de Cali | Independiente Medellín | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 5 | 26 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 40% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 31% | ||
| 5.5 | 3.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 3 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Millonarios | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Atletico Nacional | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Once Caldas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Junior | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Envigado | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Independiente Medellín | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | América de Cali | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Alianza Petrolera | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | La Equidad | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Santa Fe | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Cortulua | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Deportivo Pereira | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Rionegro Aguilas | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 17 | Deportivo Pasto | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Deportivo Cali | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 19 | Patriotas Boyaca | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 20 | Union Magdalena | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
