Once Caldas vs Fortaleza CEIF betting tip 2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga BetPlay match on February 01th, 2025

Once Caldas and Fortaleza CEIF will play on February 01th, 2025, Saturday, in a match counting for the Liga BetPlay in Colombia, check the Once Caldas vs Fortaleza CEIF betting tip 2025 to win with your bets.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Stadium and City where Once Caldas vs Fortaleza CEIF will occur

The game is set to be played in the Estadio Palogrande stadium, in the city of Manizales, with a capacity for 36553 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Introduction to the Once Caldas vs Fortaleza CEIF betting tip 2025

Once Caldas come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Atlético Nacional, valid for the Liga BetPlay, ended with a 4-0. The team coached by H. Herrera Ramírez entered the field in the last match with a 4-3-2-1 formation.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga BetPlay, Fortaleza CEIF, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Envigado team with a final score of 0-0.

The last encounter between these teams was a Liga BetPlay game on 02-11-2024, in the 2024 season, that ended with Fortaleza CEIF winning 0-2.

Once Caldas was in 2nd place in the Liga BetPlay while Fortaleza CEIF was in 9th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Once Caldas team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Fortaleza CEIF used in the match.

Once Caldas

Capitalizing on their home-field advantage in this game, the team will aim to secure as many points as possible at the outset of the championship. Guided by coach Hernán Darío Herrera Ramírez, the team will enter the field with the sole objective of achieving victory. With most of the game spent in attack, there is a good chance of a higher than usual number of corner kicks, a market that should not be overlooked.

Current leaderboard

Once Caldas comes to this 1 fixture of the local league Apertura tournament standing in 20 position in the table. So far, the team has earned 0 points, with 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses.

This will be the second game this season in which the Once Caldas team will play at home. They managed to get a victory over América de Cali in the first one, with a score of 3-0.

The average shooting on goal for Once Caldas in the league is not the best. There are only 4 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

his possession rate in this competition has been 40%, which means the team usually plays reactively and struggles to dominate the game. In the upcoming match against Fortaleza CEIF 2025, Once Caldas needs to focus on keeping possession and being more proactive in attack.

Fortaleza CEIF

Despite playing away from home in this encounter, Fortaleza CEIF will strive to secure a tie in the match and prevent a substantial point deficit early in the competition. With this objective in mind, it is expected that Sebastián Gabriel's team will adopt a more defensive approach, which may lead to a low number of goals conceded or a high number of cards being shown during the game.

Current leaderboard

Fortaleza CEIF comes to this 1 fixture of the local league Apertura tournament standing in 13 position in the table. So far, the team has earned 1 points, with 0 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses.

The team plays as a visitor once again in the tournament. In the Fortaleza CEIF first match as a visitor, they played against Atlético Bucaramanga and left the field with a loss, with a score of 1-0.

The Fortaleza CEIF team finds that the best way to control the match is to reach 73% possession on average. Teams that overcome the 50% possession mark tend to gain ascendancy in the game.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners market betting suggestions

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 3.5 per game.

Score market betting suggestions

The number of goals scored and conceded by both teams at the beginning of the championship round can be a good betting parameter. In the last round of the competition, Once Caldas didn't score any goal and conceded in 4 opportunities, whilst Fortaleza CEIF scored 0 times and conceded 0 goals.

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