America de Cali receives Alianza Petrolera this Monday, playing perhaps the last chance for classification, due to reason and football moment, the 'scarlet' team would already be eliminated, but the math indicates that the 'red devils' still have possibilities to classify and Alexandre Guimarães and his players still cling to them, so winning against Alianza Petrolera is almost an obligation.
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The 'red' team from Cali is going through a negative moment in terms of football and results, the last victory was that tremendous 3-2 against Millonarios where Professor Pompilio Páez was in charge; that moment is already long gone and that victory is practically a memory. Since then, they have played four matches and the 'scarlet' have not managed to win in any of them, that is, Professor Guimaraes' second era still does not know what victory is.
The positive thing for the Costa Rican coach is that America is undefeated at home against Alianza Petrolera in the first division, they have faced each other seven times, the 'scarlet' have won six times and only drew once. The 'red devils' will seek a victory to extend that streak and above all to get out of that bad moment they are in.
If America is interested in a victory, Alianza Petrolera is much more interested in achieving an important result in Cali, Hubert Bodhert's team is in 11th place in the championship with 23 points, they are only two points away from the eighth place team, which is Independiente Santa Fe, if the 'yellow machine' achieves a victory at Pascual they will sleep among the top eight qualifiers.
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Alianza Petrolera comes from winning their last away match, it was 0-1 against Independiente Santa Fe at the Campin, with that result the 'petrolero' team ended a streak of 16 consecutive matches without winning away from home. Their away victory was very positive, but they couldn't stay strong at home and lost 0-2 to the current 'FPC' runner-up, Deportes Tolima.
What time do America de Cali and Alianza Petrolera play?
The game will be this Monday, May 2nd, and will start at 7:30 PM at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in the city of Cali, in a match corresponding to matchday 18 of the Betplay League.