Once Caldas vs Llaneros Prediction & Betting Tips

Both teams cooling off after a decent season

Once Caldas's overall numbers this season look solid - eight wins, seven draws and five losses from twenty games, with 28 scored and 19 conceded. But the last six outings tell a different story: two wins mixed with four defeats, including home losses to Deportivo Cali and Fortaleza.

Once Caldas: 20 completed matches; Llaneros: 20 completed matches.

Once Caldas

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

21

Difference

+7

Llaneros

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

23

Difference

0

Llaneros show a similar pattern. Their season record of eight wins, five draws and seven losses isn't bad, but they've won just one of their last six, with four defeats in that stretch including back-to-back losses at home and away in late August and September.

Neither side arrives with any real momentum, which makes recent form hard to lean on either way.

Comparative Team Statistics: Once Caldas vs Llaneros

Head-to-head has gone both ways

The last three meetings between these two have produced a draw and a win apiece. Llaneros won 2-0 at home in October 2025, Once Caldas won 1-0 at their own ground back in March 2025, and the reverse fixture this March finished 1-1.

There's no pattern of dominance either way in this small sample, and it spans two separate seasons.

A clear gap in the table

Once Caldas are fifth with 33 points from 19 games, comfortably the better-placed side. Llaneros are down in fourteenth on 22 points from the same number of matches.

That's a real gap in league position, even if neither team's recent form has matched their table standing.

Cards worth watching

Once Caldas's M. Zuleta already has two red cards this season alongside six yellows in 27 appearances, and Llaneros defender D. Quintero also carries two reds from just 17 games. Both clubs have players who pick up cards regularly, with J. Vásquez collecting ten yellows for Llaneros and J. Quiñónes nine for Once Caldas.

Once Caldas:

Best scorers:

D. Moreno - 15

J. Zapata - 10

Best assist providers:

J. Cuesta - 9

Penalty cards:

M. Zuleta x 2 x 6

J. Quiñónes x 9

Llaneros:

Penalty cards:

D. Quintero x 3 x 1

J. Vásquez x 1 x 11

F. Meza x 1 x 7

None of this confirms anyone will miss this particular fixture, but it does suggest a game that could get feisty if things turn physical.

Goals look likely from either end

Once Caldas have D. Moreno with 14 goals and J. Zapata with 10 this season, so they carry attacking threat even with their recent dip. Llaneros' underlying goal difference is tighter, but both sides have shown they can score and concede in the same match, with several 2-1 and 1-2 scorelines cropping up in their recent games.