Deportivo Pereira vs Deportivo Cali Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check

Deportivo Cali have won 11 of their last 20 matches across competitions, drawing five and losing just four, with 30 goals scored against 16 conceded. That's a solid return for any side, home or away.

Deportivo Pereira: 20 completed matches; Deportivo Cali: 20 completed matches.

Deportivo Pereira

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

14

Conceded

24

Difference

-10

Deportivo Cali

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

16

Difference

+14

Pereira's numbers over the same length of games are much rougher: four wins, seven draws and nine losses, with 25 goals let in against only 14 scored. Some of those matches came in cup competition, so it's not a pure league sample, but the pattern of results is clear enough.

Cali arrive with far more momentum behind them right now.

Comparative Team Statistics: Deportivo Pereira vs Deportivo Cali

Head-to-head

Cali have won six of the last 14 meetings between these two, with Pereira taking five and three finishing level. Overall, that puts Cali slightly ahead across the full set of results stretching back to 2020.

Narrow it down to matches actually played at Pereira's ground, though, and the picture shifts. Pereira have won three of those six home meetings, drawn one and lost only two, even across seasons when Cali were the better-placed side. That home factor has mattered before.

So this specific fixture has a habit of favouring the home side, regardless of the league table.

League standings

We've got two separate table snapshots for this campaign, and both send the same message. In one, Cali sit 9th with 27 points from 19 games; in the other, they're 5th with 18 points from 10. Pereira, by contrast, are down in 20th with 10 points from 19 games in one table and 18th with 7 points from 8 in the other.

Whichever snapshot you look at, the gap between the two clubs in the league is significant. Cali's goal difference is positive in both readings, Pereira's is well into the negative in both.

The standings back up what the form figures already suggested.

Players to watch

Cali's main threat going forward looks to be S. Rodríguez, who has 10 goals in 26 appearances this season, with J. Martínez supplying seven assists in 28 matches. Between them they cover a fair chunk of Cali's attacking output.

Deportivo Pereira:

Penalty cards:

W. Pacheco x 2 x 10

Deportivo Cali:

Best scorers:

S. Rodríguez - 10

Best assist providers:

J. Martínez - 7

On the Pereira side, W. Pacheco stands out for a different reason: 10 yellow cards and a red in 21 matches. That's a lot of bookings for one player, and it hints at a side that's had to defend under pressure fairly often this season.