Deportes Tolima vs Deportivo Cali Betting Tips and Predictions

Deportes Tolima finished only 13th in the league after an unbeaten run of 6 matches (W2 D4) to end the Apertura phase of the Colombian Primera A. Despite the top form of their key goalscorer Matheus Uribe (7 goals in 15 appearances), Deportes Tolima threw away too many points early in the season to recover even with a solid run of form in the middle (6 wins and 1 defeat from 7 matches) and the unbeaten run mentioned. Tolima brought in a handful of new players during the break, which turned out fortunate as top goalscorer Matheus Uribe reportedly signed for giants Atletico Nacional the day before the opening fixture.

Deportivo Cali did enough to earn their title play off qualifying 7th place finish in the Apertura phase of the league from earlier this year. Deportivo put themselves 2-1 ahead on aggregate in the first leg of the quarterfinals against Medellin, who topped the league after all 20 fixtures, but unfortunately couldn’t keep their advantage losing 2-0 in the away leg (Medellin went on to win the title). Deportivo Cali put in a valiant performance nonetheless and they’ll be aiming for more of the same this season.

Deportes Tolima against Deportivo Cali has produced some exciting results in the past, with Cali winning 5-1 at home earlier this year and Tolima winning 4-1 at home in early 2015. This time around, however, the circumstances are different. Deportivo Cali haven’t scored a goal in 3 away matches, averaging just 0.4 goals per game over their last 5 away from home, and Deportes Tolima have just sold their top scorer and are missing 2 others core scorers due to injury. Combining that analysis with the statistics below, we expect under 2.5 goals at 33/40 with bet365 to be the safe bet and the home advantage to be enough for Tolima to take away the 3 points with a Tolima 1-0 win at  7/1 with bet365 being a top value correct score bet.

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