Deportes Tolima vs Deportivo Pasto Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form for both sides

Tolima's last 20 matches across competitions read 8 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses, with 21 goals scored and 25 conceded. It's a decent but unspectacular return, mixing wins like the 3-1 Libertadores success at Independiente del Valle with home draws against smaller sides.

Deportes Tolima: 20 completed matches; Deportivo Pasto: 20 completed matches.

Deportes Tolima

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

25

Difference

-4

Deportivo Pasto

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

65% 13 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

34

Difference

-13

Pasto's equivalent run looks tougher going: 5 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses from 20 games, with 31 goals conceded in that spell. That's a lot of goals let in for a side that's about to travel again.

Pasto have lost more than half of their last 20 matches, which isn't the ideal build-up to a trip like this.

Comparative Team Statistics: Deportes Tolima vs Deportivo Pasto

Head-to-head record

This fixture has been played regularly over the years and it's rarely been one-sided. Recent meetings have flipped back and forth, with Pasto winning at home in April this year before Tolima won both subsequent meetings in May.

Going further back, the results are similarly mixed, with both sides picking up wins home and away across different seasons. There's no long unbeaten run either way to point to.

Where they stand in the table

In the more complete league table on record, Pasto sit third with 34 points from 19 games, while Tolima are sixth on 31 points from the same number of matches. That's only three points and three places between them.

It's a reminder that, despite Pasto's rougher recent run, the two sides aren't far apart in the overall standings.

Players to keep an eye on

Tolima's main attacking threat has been L. Sandoval, who has 8 goals in 21 appearances, with J. Torres chipping in 4 assists from 18 games as the creative outlet.

Deportes Tolima:

Best scorers:

L. Sandoval - 8

Penalty cards:

J. Hernández x 2

L. Sandoval x 1 x 8

Deportivo Pasto:

Penalty cards:

S. Jiménez x 2 x 8

A. Estupiñán x 2 x 6

N. Gil x 2 x 5

On the Pasto side, several players carry heavy card counts this season, including M. Garavito, E. Serje and D. Chávez, all with double-digit yellows. It points to a side that picks up plenty of bookings, which could matter if the referee is quick with the whistle.

How this one could play out

Put the numbers together and this looks tight rather than lopsided. Tolima have drawn three of their last 20 matches and haven't been running up big scorelines, while Pasto have been leaking goals during their poor run.

That combination could point to a scrappy, competitive contest rather than a one-sided result, especially with the table showing so little between the two sides right now.