Atletico Bucaramanga seeks to get into the group of eight, today against Cortulua

On matchday 15 of the BetPlay League, the leopard team will seek a victory to enter the final home runs

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Atletico Bucaramanga will face Cortulua today and will seek to gain access to the group of eight. Currently, the leopard team is ranked number 9, with 21 points, the same as Once Caldas, who are in eighth place. Those led by Armando Osma have won three of their last games, tied one and fell in the other. The forecast estimates a victory for Bucaramanga, but not only does it attend to its latest results, but also to the bad streak with which the visitors come.

Cortuluá has been without a win for five games and are currently in fourteenth place, two points behind América de Cali. If they continue to lose, they would be back in the relegation zone and their time in the first division would end once again. The last match that both teams played was in 2018, just when Cortuluá was relegated to the second division of Colombian football. In that match, Cortuluá defeated Bucaramanga by 0-1 with a goal from Brayan Fernández.

Several things could happen in tonight's game. Due to Bucaramanga's good run, the leopard team would win, although perhaps not by more than two goals. They could score both teams, but it would be a jump into the void, as Cortuluá has three games without scoring a single goal. Bucaramanga has not received them for four consecutive years. A draw is tentative, but the away team has many flaws in their defensive play and they could not maintain the result. Unlike the valluno team, the Santandereans are enjoying a good game. Ever since DT Osma replaced Néstor Craviotto, the team has managed to maintain a specific game idea and each game shows the results.

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Recently, they advanced in the BetPlay Cup, after beating Envigado 3-0, with goals from Yeison Moreno and Juan Gabriel Marcelin. If they get a win today, they could place sixth or seventh in the BetPlay League Leaderboard and thus make it to the final home runs, which has not happened for them since 2018. For the DT, the key is to improve possession of the ball and consolidate the defensive zone to avoid problems.

The team's goalscorer in the current season is Dayro Moreno, who has already recorded 5 goals. He has participated in 10 of his team's 12 matches and received a yellow card. At 36 years old, he is one of the longest-running players in his squad and hopes to add his experience to make the team fight in the Colombian football finals. He joined the team in early 2022, coming from the Bolivian team Oriente Petrolero, with whom he scored 4 goals in 17 matches.

The leopards will not be able to count on Jefferson Gomez or Francisco Rodriguez, due to accumulation of cards. Cortuluá, for its part, will not have Jonny Mosquera or Johnatan Pérez, both injured. The main absence of the team is that of Luis Carlos Ruíz, who suffered a muscle injury to his left hamstring in the last game played. In addition, there are five more players that the team cannot yet use: Kénner Valencia: Left hamstring muscle injury, Sebastián Herrera: Right quadriceps muscle injury, Kevin Palacios: Left hamstring muscle injury, Jean Carlos Colorado: Left hamstring muscle contracture, Edwin Laszo: Muscle contracture Right hamstring. On the other hand, Luis Caicedo and Rodrigo Paillalef rejoin.

The likely lineups of both sets would be:

BUCARAMANGA: Chaverra; Subero, Mena, Henao, Blanco; Caballero, Cardenas, Marcelin, Acosta, Perez; Moreno.

CORTULUÁ: Hernández; Colorado, Mina, Millán, Rivera; Laszo, Valencia, Caicedo; Manyoma, Palacios, Ruíz.

The match will start at 7:40, at the Alfonso López Stadium and will be broadcast on Win +.

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