Once Caldas vs America Cali Prediction: Can Once Caldas maintain their place in the top 8?

In the upcoming fixture of Colombia Primera A - Apertura, Once Caldas will face America Cali at Stadium Palogrande in Manizales. The home side head here after a loss (1-0) against Junior. The visitors arrive here also after a loss (1-0), against Santa Fe.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

Once Caldas's team comes to this game after a 1-0 loss against Junior Barranquilla. The 1st half would be completely dominated by the Junior Barranquilla team. The team would dominate possession of the ball and opportunities, even ending up scoring in the 37th minute. In the 2nd half, the Once Caldas team would manage to regain some of the ball possession and the game would be more divided. Although the Once Caldas team had already managed to create more opportunities in the 2nd half (8), these were of low quality (as can be seen in the xG of 0.20) and were unable to hurt the Junior Barranquilla team, who would take the 3 points. With this result, Once Caldas's team is in 8th place in the table, with 28 points. In the last 5 league games the team has recorded 1 win, 1 draw, and 3 defeats, having scored 16 goals and conceded 16. The team is really in a bad momentum, but they really need to do the same or get a better result than Independiente Medellin.

The America Cali team comes to this game after a 1-0 loss against Santa Fe. It was a game of few opportunities, given the importance of points for both teams. As such, it was a very physical game in which neither team wanted to expose themselves and take risks. In terms of opportunities, the 1st half would be dominated by the Santa Fe team, but the best opportunities of the match would be in the 2nd half and in favor of America Cali. This dominance in the 2nd half was also due to the fact that the Santa Fe team had to play with 10 players since the 59th minute. But as the saying goes "those who don't score, suffer", this happened. The Santa Fe team would reach the goal in the 80th minute and would be able to hold on to the result until the end. With this result, the America Cali team is in 10th place in the table, with 24 points. In the last 5 league games the team has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws, and 1 defeat, having scored 22 goals and conceded 16.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, America Cali has won 2 and they drew the last 3 games. Goals were scored in 4 of those 5 games, but with both teams scoring in just 2 of those matches.

Once Caldas are expected to at least get a draw, but to play with the result of Independiente Medellin.