Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Deportes Tolima & Unión La Calera face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Sudamericana. All the pre-match information is available here!
Deportes Tolima have less rest than Unión La Calera in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Primera A game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Deportivo Cali, so at least Deportes Tolima are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Unión La Calera, who are travelling more than 5900 kilometers to play this game.
Deportes Tolima form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Copa Sudamericana for Deportes, as the manager H. Torres Oliveros led his troops to eliminate Unión La Calera, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 2nd round.4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Deportes Tolima have to build on here at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro in the Primera A.
It's back home for Deportes Tolima, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Deportivo Cali away with the result 2-1. D. Banguero and A. Plata found the net in that victory. 0-0 away at Unión La Calera before that.
Manager H. Torres Oliveros felt very clever after A. Plata scored the winning goal against Deportivo Cali, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 62nd minute.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Deportes, as the Primera A home game vs Boyaca Chico is only four days away.
The Deportes Tolima fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Deportes Tolima have conceded only 7 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Unión La Calera form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fluminense and Deportes Tolima in order to reach 2nd Round of Copa Sudamericana. Calera was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the 2nd round last season.5-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Unión La Calera in their Primera Division matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Sudamericana stats, they have 0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Calera are travelling again after losing away to Antofagasta in their previous match (1-3). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Deportes Tolima.
Calera are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. 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, Calera have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Unión La Calera - Deportes 0-0 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  N. Stefanelli 7 goals | A. Vilches Araneda 7 goals |  A. Estupiñán Quiñones 6 goals |
Deportes Tolima missing players
Unión La Calera missing players
| Deportes Tolima | Unión La Calera | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 17 | 33 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 138 | 77 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 291 | ||
| 75 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 114 | ||
| 41% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | ||
| 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 Tolima | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Deportivo Pasto | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | America de Cali | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Junior | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Once Caldas | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 8 | Atlético Nacional | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | La Equidad | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 10 | Rionegro Aguilas | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Millonarios | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Envigado | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | Alianza Petrolera | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Independiente Medellin | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Deportivo Pereira | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 | Cucuta Deportivo | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Boyaca Chico | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | Patriotas Boyaca | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -13 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universidad Catolica | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Unión La Calera | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Union Espanola | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Antofagasta | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Universidad Chile | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Huachipato | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 7 | Curico Unido | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Everton | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Cobresal | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Univ. Concepcion | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Audax Italiano | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Deportes Iquique | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Santiago Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 14 | Palestino | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Coquimbo Unido | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | O'Higgins | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Colo-Colo | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | La Serena | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 9 |