Deportes Tolima vs Ind. del VallePrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

The Libertadores round of sixteen opens at the Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro, the first of two meetings between Deportes Tolima and Independiente del Valle. The Colombians finished their group second with 8 points from six games, two wins, two draws and two defeats, seven goals scored and six conceded, and the gap between their two records is huge: two wins and a draw at home without conceding, a draw and two defeats away with six goals against. Two different runs Independiente del Valle won their own group with 13 points, four wins, a draw and a defeat, 11 goals scored and 6 conceded, and they have won each of their last five: 3-2 against Delfin, 2-0 at LDU de Quito, 1-0 over Deportivo Cuenca, 1-0 over Manta and 3-2 at Orense. Tolima have gone back and forth instead, with a 2-1 over Internacional de Bogota, a 2-3 against Independiente Medellin, a 2-1 at Alianza Valledupar, a 1-2 at Quindio and a 2-1 over Junior. No draws in the recent sequence None of Tolima's last five matches finished level: three wins and two defeats, every one of them with at least three goals in total. The two clubs had met only in 2022, a 1-0 for the Colombians at home and a 2-2 in Ecuador. The competition is averaging 2.33 goals a game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.