About Match
The table gap is wide: 19 points between Unión Magdalena (2nd, 32 pts) and Real Cartagena (1st, 13 pts). The last five rounds place Unión Magdalena no better than 29th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Unión Magdalena 1.8 scored and 1 conceded per game, Real Cartagena 1.33 and 1, with the league averaging 1.1. A win here leaves Unión Magdalena on 35 points, overtaking Real Cartagena, other results permitting.
The last-five ledger: Unión Magdalena 3/15, Real Cartagena 9/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 2 Unión Magdalena wins, 4 for Real Cartagena, 2 draws, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 63% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 75%.
Estadio Sierra Nevada in Santa Marta, capacity 16,162, hosts the game.




