Deportivo Pereira vs Santa Fe Prediction & Betting Tips

Two very different runs of form

Across their last 20 matches in all competitions, Santa Fe have won nine, drawn eight and lost just three, scoring 27 and conceding 15. That's a side doing most things right, even allowing for the mix of league, cup and continental football in that sample.

Deportivo Pereira: 20 completed matches; Santa Fe: 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

Santa Fe

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

15

Difference

+11

Pereira's equivalent run reads four wins, seven draws and nine losses, with 14 scored and 25 conceded. Whichever way you slice it, that's a team who have found winning matches hard to come by lately.

On recent form alone, Santa Fe look the stronger side by some distance.

Comparative Team Statistics: Deportivo Pereira vs Santa Fe

A rivalry that's often been tighter than form suggests

These two have faced off regularly across league and cup football, and the head-to-head record is far more even than the current form table implies. Results have swung both ways over the years, including some big away wins for both sides.

Their two most recent meetings both ended 2-2, which is a reminder that recent history hasn't always followed the pattern you'd expect from league position alone.

The table backs up Santa Fe's form

Santa Fe sit comfortably in the top half in both standings snapshots here, with 29 points from 19 games in one set and 16 points from 10 in the other. Pereira, by contrast, are down near the foot of the table in both, with just 10 points from 19 games and 7 from 8 in the other set.

Goal difference tells the same story: Santa Fe have scored more than they've conceded overall, while Pereira have shipped far more than they've scored.

The league position gap lines up with the form gap, which adds weight to Santa Fe's case.

Rodallega leads the visitors' firepower

Santa Fe's attack has been carried by H. Rodallega, who has 14 goals in 32 matches, with N. Bustos adding nine goals and O. Fernández chipping in eight assists. That's a decent spread of goal involvement across the squad.

Deportivo Pereira:

Penalty cards:

W. Pacheco x 2 x 10

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

On the discipline side, Pereira's W. Pacheco has picked up ten yellows and a red in 21 games, while Santa Fe's D. Torres and H. Palacios have both seen red at least once this season. Nothing here points to enforced absences, just a sense of who's been busiest with the officials.