Fortaleza FC vs Deportivo Cali Prediction & Betting Tips

Cali rolling, Fortaleza stuck in neutral

Deportivo Cali's last 20 matches, spanning league, cup and a friendly, show 11 wins, 5 draws and just 4 losses, with 30 goals scored against 16 conceded. That's a team scoring freely and defending tidily at the same time.

Fortaleza FC: 20 completed matches; Deportivo Cali: 20 completed matches.

Fortaleza FC

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

26

Difference

-2

Deportivo Cali

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

16

Difference

+14

Fortaleza's equivalent sample tells a different story: 4 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses from 20, with 24 for and 26 against. Nine draws in twenty games is a lot, and it points to a side that struggles to turn control into three points.

Cali arrive with the far healthier recent record, even accounting for the mix of competitions in the sample.

Comparative Team Statistics: Fortaleza FC vs Deportivo Cali

A fixture that's often been tight

The last two meetings between these two, in July 2025 and March 2026, both finished 1-1. Go back further and there are wins for both sides, including a couple of narrow away victories, so this hasn't been a fixture either team dominates.

With games stretching back to 2016 across different competitions, it's not a reliable guide to current strength, but the recent draws do suggest these two have found it hard to break each other down lately.

Mid-table gap that's widened recently

In the overall table after 19 games, Cali sit 9th with 27 points and Fortaleza are 15th with 22, so there's a gap but not a huge one across the full season.

A more recent standings snapshot, covering the last 10 matches, shows that gap stretching further: Cali up in 5th with 18 points from that run, Fortaleza down in 14th with just 8. That lines up with the form numbers above.

Cali's edge looks more pronounced in recent weeks than it does across the whole campaign.

Key men and a card worry

S. Rodríguez has 10 goals in 26 matches for Cali and J. Martínez has chipped in 7 assists in 28, so the visitors have both a finisher and a creator among their key contributors.

Fortaleza FC:

Best scorers:

A. Arroyo - 9

Best assist providers:

A. Arroyo - 4

Penalty cards:

J. Solís x 2

Deportivo Cali:

Best scorers:

S. Rodríguez - 10

Best assist providers:

J. Martínez - 7

Fortaleza lean heavily on A. Arroyo, who's their top scorer with 9 goals and also their top assist provider with 4, in just 19 matches. Worth flagging too that J. Solís has picked up two red cards in only 9 matches, which is a notable disciplinary record, though it doesn't tell us who's actually available for this game.

Fortaleza's attacking output looks more concentrated in one player than Cali's does.