Once Caldas and Tolima face each other in the Palogrande de Manizales

The 12th date of the Dimayor Betplay League will continue this Tuesday with the game between Once Caldas and Deportes Tolima at Palogrande Manizales. Both sides come from falling last day at the hands of Millionaires and Patriots of Boyacá respectively.

The 'White-White' seeks to return to the path of victory after the defeat suffered in the capital of the republic against Alberto Gamero's team. For their part, those led by Hernán Torres need to recover the lost ground as a local by falling surprisingly to the Patriotas.

Without a doubt, this is one of the most attractive duels of the day since 'Manizalistas' and 'Pijaos' are among the eight peeling the first places in the standings, fulfilling outstanding campaigns in the current semester.

For the duel against 'Vinotinto y Oro', Diego corredor will have all his players available while the Tolimense team will not be able to count on Ecuadorian goalkeeper Alexander Domínguez, who presents a nuisance in the adductors. Nor will the central defender Julián Quiñones or Sergio Mosquera be due to injury for this match.

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Deportes Tolima is third with 22 points and a win today would leave him one away from the leader Millonarios. Once Caldas is fourth with 19 units and so far in the championship he has not lost in his stadium. Of the last five matches, the 2004 Libertadores champion has won two with an equal number of draws and only one defeat.

The memory that the Once Caldas fans have of the last match against Tolima by league at Palogrande is not good, since on October 9, 2021 by the 13th date, 'Pijao' won 2-0 with scores from Anderson Plata and Julián Quiñones.

Once has not beaten Tolima in their field for two years, the last victory was on February 24, 2019 when they won 2-1 with goals from Javier Reina and Darío Andrés Rodríguez. Larry Vasquez was the author of the only goal of 'Vinotinto y oro.

Per league they have met 187 times with 64 games won each and a total of 59 draws. Once Caldas scored 245 goals and Tolima 234.

Tolima's numbers as a visitor are noteworthy because he has four wins, a draw and only one defeat that was at the start of the championship against Independiente Medellín. Otherwise, he beat Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional. Jaguars from Córdoba and Cortuluá while in Techo he scored a point from Equity.

On the other hand, Once Caldas are undefeated at home in the league after achieving 11 points as a result of three victories against Medellin, Junior Barranquilla and Deportivo Pasto and added two draws against Unión Magdalena and Deportivo Pereira.

TERNAARBITRAL:

Referee: Andrés Rojas - Bogota

Assistant N°1: Richard Ortiz - Quindio

Assistant No. 2: Arbis Acosta - La Guajira

Fourth official: Johathan Aguirre - Caldas

VAR: Mauricio Perez - Antioquia

VAR Assistant: Diego Ruiz - Goal

VAR Observer: Sebastián Restrepo - Colombian Football Federation

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