Cucuta vs Santa Fe Prediction

Form check: contrasting runs

Cucuta's last 20 matches make for grim reading: just four wins against eight draws and eight losses, with 30 goals conceded and only 16 scored. That's a side that's really struggled for consistency.

Cucuta: 20 completed matches; Santa Fe: 20 completed matches.

Cucuta

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

20

Conceded

30

Difference

-10

Santa Fe

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

16

Difference

+12

Santa Fe's record over a similar stretch looks completely different. Nine wins, eight draws and only three losses, with 28 goals scored and 16 conceded. They've also been juggling continental football, with Copa Sudamericana and even Libertadores fixtures mixed into that run, so their schedule has been heavier than most.

Santa Fe's form advantage is clear, even accounting for a tougher run of fixtures.

Comparative Team Statistics: Cucuta vs Santa Fe

Head-to-head: a lopsided history, mostly from years back

There are four recorded meetings between these two, spanning 2019 through to earlier this year. The most recent, in April, saw Santa Fe win 5-0, though that game was actually played at Santa Fe's own ground rather than Cucuta's. Before that, results from 2019 and 2020 were split between the two clubs.

It's a small and scattered sample across several years, so we wouldn't lean too heavily on it for this specific fixture.

Only one of the four recorded meetings was actually played at Cucuta, back in 2020, and Santa Fe won that one too.

Where they sit in the table

In the overall standings, Santa Fe sit a respectable 7th with 29 points from 19 games, while Cucuta are down in 19th with just 16 points from the same number of matches. That's a sizeable gap in the bigger picture.

Breaking it down by venue tells a similar story. As travellers, Santa Fe have picked up 16 points from ten away games, good for 8th in that specific table. Cucuta, as hosts, have managed just 12 points from eleven games, leaving them 12th on the home-form table. Neither side's venue record is flattering, but Santa Fe's edge over Cucuta holds up either way.

Key men to watch

Santa Fe's attack is carrying plenty of threat. H. Rodallega has 14 goals in 32 matches, with N. Bustos adding nine more and five assists on top. O. Fernández has been the main creator, setting up eight goals for teammates.

Cucuta:

Best scorers:

J. Peralta - 8

Best assist providers:

L. Berdugo - 7

Santa Fe:

Best scorers:

H. Rodallega - 14

N. Bustos - 9

Best assist providers:

O. Fernández - 8

N. Bustos - 5

Penalty cards:

D. Torres x 2 x 4

H. Palacios x 2 x 3

For Cucuta, J. Peralta leads the way with eight goals in 20 appearances, while L. Berdugo has provided seven assists. On discipline, Santa Fe's D. Torres and H. Palacios have both picked up cards fairly often, with Torres sent off twice in 29 matches, so referees could be a factor too.