Cucuta Deportivo will host Colombia Primera B rival Deportes Quindio in the Copa Colombia on Thursday. The teams will meet in a second-round, second-leg fixture.
Cucuta Deportivo won the first leg, 2-0, away from home and go into the second leg with the chance to progress to the third round with a win or draw. Even a loss could see Cucuta Deportivo move into the next phase.
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The first leg saw a goalless opening half and it wasn’t until the 59th minute that Cucuta Deportivo took the lead. Jhonatan Agudelo scored and just under 20 minutes later, Joider Micolta Piedahita added a second for Cucuta.
The teams are in the middle of their Primera B Apertura season. The Colombian clubs are neck and neck in the standings in the league. Cucuta Deportivo are fourth after nine rounds, with 16 points.
Deportes Quindio are sixth with 15 points after nine matches. Neither side scores many goals, but they don’t concede many goals either.
Thursday’s match in the Copa Colombia will be the third of the 2023 season between Cucuta Deportivo and Deportes Quindio. The teams met in the league on March 20, with the game ending nil-nil. Cucuta Deportivo had a man sent off in the fixture.
The Primera B Apertura fixture came just days after the teams met in the Copa Colombia. Cucuta Deportivo are unbeaten in their last two home matches against Deportes Quindio. Deportes Quindio failed to win four of their last six matches in all competitions against Cucuta.
The last six matches between these clubs were low scoring. Cucuta Deportivo outscored Deportes Quindio 6-5 across the last six matches. Five of the last six head-to-head games ended with NO BTTS.
In addition, five of the last six matches between the clubs finished with under 2.5 goals.
Agudelo leads Cucuta Deportivo in goals with four this season. The striker found the back of the net against Deportes Quindio in the first-leg cup match. Goals have been difficult to score for Quindio. The team is led in scoring by Alexis Serna.
The first leg between these teams finished 2-0 in favour of Cucuta Deportivo. The teams met again days later, with the fixture ending nil-nil in the league. Five of the last six games between the clubs finished with under 2.5 goals.
Thursday’s Copa Colombia fixture should be another low-scoring affair, with under 2.5 goals between Cucuta Deportivo and Deportes Quindio. The teams should finish nil-nil at full-time, with Cucuta going through to the next round.