Liga BetPlay II round 13 preview: Medellín and Santa Fe meet in Itagüí, and leaders América visit Llaneros

This preview covers five of the ten matches of round 13 of the Liga BetPlay II, those on Sunday 4 and Monday 5 October; of the other five, four have already been played and Millonarios v Once Caldas is scheduled for 20 October. The fixture to watch first is Monday's meeting of Independiente Medellín and Santa Fe, sixth and seventh, a point apart, in a match moved from the Atanasio Girardot to Itagüí. On Sunday the leaders, América de Cali, visit Llaneros, and Bucaramanga, the only unbeaten side in the tournament, host Junior, champions of the Liga BetPlay I, who sit 16th.

Sunday 4 October

Deportivo Pasto v Fortaleza (14:00 Bogotá time). A meeting of two sides near the bottom, at the Departamental Libertad. Deportivo Pasto are second from bottom with eight points from 11 matches, and Fortaleza, 17th on nine, have drawn six of their 11 and won only one. Pasto won 2–1 in Bogotá in March 2026; Fortaleza won 2–0 in October 2025. Of the seven meetings on record, Pasto have won five, Fortaleza one, and one was drawn.

Cúcuta v Deportivo Pereira (16:05 Bogotá time). At the General Santander. Cúcuta are 13th on 12 points and Deportivo Pereira 18th on eight from ten matches: they have a single win and seven goals scored, the lowest total in the tournament. They drew 2–2 in Pereira in March 2026; before that, their last meeting in the Primera A was a 2–0 Pereira win in February 2020.

Bucaramanga v Junior (18:10 Bogotá time). At the Américo Montanini. Bucaramanga are fifth on 20 points from ten matches, with five wins and five draws. Junior have nine points from ten and have already changed coach: Win Sports reports that Alfredo Arias left the club after a poor start. Junior won the last two meetings, 2–0 in March 2026 and 2–1 in August 2025, both in Barranquilla; Bucaramanga's last win in the fixture was 1–0 at home in July 2024.

Llaneros v América de Cali (20:15 Bogotá time). At the Manuel Calle Lombana in Villavicencio. América lead on 24 points from 11 matches and have the tightest defence, with six goals conceded. Llaneros are ninth on 14, five points off the top eight. According to Win Sports, the Dimayor disciplinary committee banned their coach, José Luis García, for three matches after his sending-off against Cúcuta in round 12, and upheld the ban after the club appealed, so he will not be in the technical area. The last two meetings between them ended 0–0, in Cali in March 2026 and in Villavicencio in July 2025; América won 4–3 in January 2025.

Monday 5 October

Independiente Medellín v Santa Fe (19:00 Bogotá time). Medellín are sixth on 20 points and Santa Fe seventh on 19, both from 11 matches. Semana reports that, after a meeting between Inder and the city's clubs, the match will be played at the Estadio Ditaires in Itagüí rather than the Atanasio Girardot, which is being taken over to set up the EDC Colombia festival. Santa Fe won 2–1 in Bogotá in March 2026, and in October 2025, with Medellín at home, they drew 1–1. In June 2025 they met in the final of the year's first tournament: 0–0 in Bogotá and 2–1 to Santa Fe in Medellín.

The table before Sunday

The top eight go through to the cuadrangulares. The sides have not all played the same number of matches: according to Win Sports, eight postponed matches are still to be played, all of them now rescheduled. Tolima's total includes Saturday's 0–0 against Chicó.

1. América de Cali, 24 points (11 matches, +16)
2. Deportivo Cali, 24 (12, +11)
3. Atlético Nacional, 22 (10, +11)
4. Millonarios, 21 (13, +7)
5. Bucaramanga, 20 (10, +8)
6. Independiente Medellín, 20 (11, +4)
7. Santa Fe, 19 (11, +6)
8. Deportes Tolima, 19 (12, +2)
9. Llaneros, 14 (11, 0)
10. Águilas Doradas, 14 (11, −1)

At the bottom, Junior (9 points from 10 matches), Fortaleza (9 from 11), Pereira (8 from 10), Pasto (8 from 11) and Jaguares (7 from 11) fill the last five places.

Numbers to know

• Five matches: four on Sunday, at 14:00, 16:05, 18:10 and 20:15, and one on Monday at 19:00, Bogotá time.
• Bucaramanga are the only side without a defeat in the tournament: five wins and five draws.
• América have conceded six goals in 11 matches, the fewest in the league; Pereira have scored seven in ten, the fewest.
• The gap in matches played is as much as three: Nacional, Bucaramanga, Junior and Pereira have played ten; Millonarios 13.
• Four of the bottom five play on Sunday: Junior, Fortaleza, Pereira and Pasto, two of them against each other.

The full table and the kick-off times for the whole round are on the Liga BetPlay page.

Sources for the context: Dimayor, Semana, Win Sports, Win Sports, Win Sports, Win Sports.