Cucuta vs Atletico Nacional Prediction

Cucuta
1-0
Finished
HT 1-0
Atletico Nacional
Estadio General Santander, Cucuta·Andres Rojas, Colombia 21/10/2026

AI Best Pick

Statistical forecasts for entertainment purposes only - not betting or financial advice.

Data Quality
Complete
Match Importance
4.4 / 10
AI Best Pick
60%Trust
1X2
Away Win
1.73
SignalNEUTRALModel57%SurpriseHighGap+1.8%
Cucuta Rest
9 days
Atletico Nacional Rest
3 days

Cucuta vs Atletico Nacional: result, form and history

Cucuta beat Atletico Nacional 1-0 in the Primera A on 21 Oct 2026. The two went into the match with similar recent form.

Meetings between them tend to be tight, with just 1.3 goals a game across 3 matches. Atletico Nacional tend to win more corners, 5.3 a game to 2.7 for Cucuta.

Match Forecasts

Match Result
1
19%4.33
X
23%3.80
2
58%1.73
Double Chance
1X
42%2.04
X2
81%1.19
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%1.68
No
47%2.06
Goals
Projected Goals: 1 + 1.45 = 2.45
Over 1.5
75%1.20
Over 2.5
53%1.73
Over 3.5
32%2.75
Under 1.5
25%4.00
Under 2.5
47%2.05
Under 3.5
68%1.40
Corners
Projected Corners: 3.9 + 5 = 8.9
Over 8.5
52%1.50
Over 9.5
39%1.97
Over 10.5
29%2.34
Under 8.5
48%2.38
Under 9.5
61%1.75
Under 10.5
71%1.49
Cards
Projected Cards: 2.7 + 2.4 = 5.1
Over 3.5
75%-
Over 4.5
58%-
Under 3.5
25%-
Under 4.5
42%-

Match Events

18'N. ParraOG
27'M. Uribe
46'M. B. Carabali Lopez INY. Abonia out
52'Y. Abonia
61'N. Rodriguez INR. Escorcia out
61'K. Parra Atehortua INJ. Rengifo out
61'D. Calcaterra INK. Londono out
64'D. Perez INE. M. Duarte Barajas out
69'M. Uribe INE. Echeverria out
70'S. Tamara INJ. Ceballos out
70'L. Berdugo INL. Rios out
82'A. Roman INX. Rios out
82'J. Campuzano INM. Lozano out

Lineups

Cucuta
4-1-4-1
Atletico Nacional
4-4-2
Avg rating6.68
Avg rating6.71
Federico Abadía7.912F. Abadía
Sebastián Tamara6.633S. Tamara
Hernán Lópes6.72H. Lópes
Jhon Quiñónes6.64J. Quiñónes
Brayan Montaño6.630B. Montaño
Diego CalcaterraC7.03D. Calcaterra
Marlon Carabali6.721M. Carabali
Leider Berdugo6.710L. Berdugo
Carlos Rentería6.777C. Rentería
Dayan Pérez6.620D. Pérez
Gustavo Torres6.211G. Torres
Luis Marquinez6.725L. Marquinez
Andrés Román6.36A. Román
Neider Parra6.63N. Parra
César Haydar7.54C. Haydar
Samuel Velásquez6.933S. Velásquez
Nicolás Rodríguez6.513N. Rodríguez
Felipe Marin6.926F. Marin
Jorman Campuzano7.321J. Campuzano
Kevin Parra6.730K. Parra
James RodríguezC7.323J. Rodríguez
Matheus Uribe6.08M. Uribe

Cucuta Substitutes

1Juan David Ramírez
26Yair Joao Abonia Vasquez46'for M. B. Carabali Lopez52'6.7
27Mauricio Duarte64'for D. Perez6.3
7Jader Manyoma
8Juan Ceballos70'for S. Tamara6.7
16Kevin Londoño61'for D. Calcaterra6.6
29Lucas Ríos70'for L. Berdugo6.3
32Jhonatan Agudelo
18Cristian Córdoba

Atletico Nacional Substitutes

44Edimer Zea
20Milton Casco
31Xavi Rios82'for A. Roman
38Jhan Moreno
19Juan Manuel Rengifo61'for K. Parra Atehortua6.2
14Elkin Rivero
35Matias Lozano82'for J. Campuzano
39Edwin Echeverria69'for M. Uribe6.5
36Jose Rafael Escorcia61'for N. Rodriguez6.5

Match Stats

CucutaAtletico Nacional
30%Ball Possession70%
3Corner Kicks9
1Yellow Cards1
6Total Shots18
1Shots on Goal7
2Shots off Goal8
4Shots Inside Box10
2Shots Outside Box8
3Blocked Shots3
10Fouls10
2Offsides0
7Goalkeeper Saves1
260Total Passes616
199Passes Accurate548
77%Pass Accuracy89%

Team Comparison

CucutaCucuta
Atletico NacionalAtletico Nacional
1518Elo Rating 1735
1.61Attack 2.08
2.41Defense 2.24
86%Hit Rate 63%
8.3Shots per Game 16.2
3.1Shots on Target 6.4
2.7Corners per Game 5.3
2.5Cards per Game 1.9

AI Insights

📈BTTS Trend
📊Home Overperforming
⚠️Away Rotation Risk90%

Game State Tendencies

CucutaCucuta
  • Leads at half-time in 60% of matches
  • Starts fast - scores more in 1st half (1.2 vs 0.4 in second half)
  • Concedes more in 2nd half - can tire late
Atletico NacionalAtletico Nacional
  • Leads at half-time in 60% of matches
  • Scores more in 2nd half (1.3 vs 0.8 in first half)
  • Concedes more in 2nd half - can tire late

Head to Head

Last 3 meetings, all competitions

CucutaCucuta0Wins · 0%
Draws133%
Atletico NacionalAtletico Nacional2Wins · 67%
1.3Avg Goals
0%Both teams scored0 of 3
33%3+ goals1 of 3

Previous meetings

Primera A02/04/2026
Atletico NacionalCucuta
00
Copa Colombia05/08/2025
CucutaAtletico Nacional
03
Copa Colombia30/07/2025
Atletico NacionalCucuta
10

Referee Profile

Andres Rojas217 matches

5.99Cards per match
5.59Yellow cards per match
0.40Red cards per match
25.6Fouls per match

Compared with other referees

Andres Rojas5.99
Other referees5.58

5.99 cards a match, 0.41 more than other referees in the same competitions and seasons (5.58).

Cards come from 200 matches with official statistics.

Full referee stats

League Table

Primera A 2026

Apertura

#TeamMPWDLGGDPtsForm
1Atletico NacionalAtletico Nacional19131535:15+2040WDWWL
2JuniorJunior19112631:24+735LWWLW
3Deportivo PastoDeportivo Pasto19104529:25+434DLWWL
4America de CaliAmerica de Cali19103625:15+1033LWLDW
5Once CaldasOnce Caldas1989231:22+933DDDLD
6Deportes TolimaDeportes Tolima1987427:17+1031LDWWD
7Santa FeSanta Fe1978429:22+729DLWWD
8Internacional de BogotaInternacional de Bogota1977526:26028WDLLD
9Deportivo CaliDeportivo Cali1976620:16+427DWWLD
10MillonariosMillonarios1975731:23+826DLDWW
11Independiente MedellinIndependiente Medellin1975726:24+226LDWLW
12Águilas DoradasÁguilas Doradas1975720:25-526LWLWD
13BucaramangaBucaramanga1958626:20+623LLLLD
14LlanerosLlaneros19410517:20-322DWDDD
15Fortaleza FCFortaleza FC1957722:27-522DDLLL
16JaguaresJaguares19531120:33-1318WLDLL
17Alianza ValleduparAlianza Valledupar1938813:27-1417WDLWW
18ChicoChico19521215:32-1717LWLDL
19CucutaCucuta1937922:35-1316WDWDD
20Deportivo PereiraDeportivo Pereira19171115:32-1710LLLDD
#TeamMPGPts
1Atletico NacionalAtletico Nacional1935:1540
2JuniorJunior1931:2435
3Deportivo PastoDeportivo Pasto1929:2534
4America de CaliAmerica de Cali1925:1533
5Once CaldasOnce Caldas1931:2233
6Deportes TolimaDeportes Tolima1927:1731
7Santa FeSanta Fe1929:2229
8Internacional de BogotaInternacional de Bogota1926:2628
9Deportivo CaliDeportivo Cali1920:1627
10MillonariosMillonarios1931:2326
11Independiente MedellinIndependiente Medellin1926:2426
12Águilas DoradasÁguilas Doradas1920:2526
13BucaramangaBucaramanga1926:2023
14LlanerosLlaneros1917:2022
15Fortaleza FCFortaleza FC1922:2722
16JaguaresJaguares1920:3318
17Alianza ValleduparAlianza Valledupar1913:2717
18ChicoChico1915:3217
19CucutaCucuta1922:3516
20Deportivo PereiraDeportivo Pereira1915:3210

Clausura

#TeamMPWDLGGDPtsForm
1Atletico NacionalAtletico Nacional15102330:13+1732WDWWL
2America de CaliAmerica de Cali1594229:11+1831LWLDW
3Deportivo CaliDeportivo Cali1686224:10+1430DWWLD
4Santa FeSanta Fe1584323:15+828DLWWD
5MillonariosMillonarios1668224:14+1026DLDWW
6BucaramangaBucaramanga1567223:15+825LLLLD
7Independiente MedellinIndependiente Medellin1572622:21+123LDWLW
8Águilas DoradasÁguilas Doradas1657421:20+122LWLWD
9Once CaldasOnce Caldas1656520:18+221DDDLD
10CucutaCucuta1663718:24-621WDWDD
11Deportes TolimaDeportes Tolima1655618:19-120LDWWD
12Alianza ValleduparAlianza Valledupar1553716:26-1018WDLWW
13Internacional de BogotaInternacional de Bogota1638518:22-417WDLLD
14LlanerosLlaneros1652916:21-517DWDDD
15JuniorJunior1536620:23-315LWWLW
16ChicoChico1543812:25-1315LWLDL
17Deportivo PereiraDeportivo Pereira1528511:19-814LLLDD
18JaguaresJaguares1534817:28-1113WLDLL
19Fortaleza FCFortaleza FC1519516:22-612DDLLL
20Deportivo PastoDeportivo Pasto1533910:22-1212DLWWL
#TeamMPGPts
1Atletico NacionalAtletico Nacional1530:1332
2America de CaliAmerica de Cali1529:1131
3Deportivo CaliDeportivo Cali1624:1030
4Santa FeSanta Fe1523:1528
5MillonariosMillonarios1624:1426
6BucaramangaBucaramanga1523:1525
7Independiente MedellinIndependiente Medellin1522:2123
8Águilas DoradasÁguilas Doradas1621:2022
9Once CaldasOnce Caldas1620:1821
10CucutaCucuta1618:2421
11Deportes TolimaDeportes Tolima1618:1920
12Alianza ValleduparAlianza Valledupar1516:2618
13Internacional de BogotaInternacional de Bogota1618:2217
14LlanerosLlaneros1616:2117
15JuniorJunior1520:2315
16ChicoChico1512:2515
17Deportivo PereiraDeportivo Pereira1511:1914
18JaguaresJaguares1517:2813
19Fortaleza FCFortaleza FC1516:2212
20Deportivo PastoDeportivo Pasto1510:2212

About the Cucuta vs Atletico Nacional forecast

Every forecast on this page comes from the same model inputs: team ratings, recent form, goals scored and conceded, and how these sides have fared against each other.

How to Read These Forecasts

Each percentage shows the model's calculated likelihood for that outcome. Above 65% indicates strong statistical confidence; 45-65% reflects a competitive, open match; below 45% suggests the outcome is statistically less likely. All figures are for informational and entertainment purposes only.

Cucuta and Atletico Nacional in the Primera A table

The table shows a wide gap: Atletico Nacional are 1st in the Primera A, while Cucuta sit 19th, 24 points behind. League goal record so far: Cucuta 22-35, Atletico Nacional 35-15. The full standings are on the Primera A Table 2026 page.

Key Factors for This Match

Cucuta have led at half-time in 60% of their recent matches. Atletico Nacional have led at half-time in 60% of their recent matches. This forecast is based on a complete recent-form dataset for both teams.

All forecasts are generated by statistical and machine learning models for informational and entertainment purposes only. They are not guaranteed and do not constitute financial or betting advice.