Deportivo Pasto v Deportivo Cali — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Primera A · Sunday, 9 August 2026. Final score 0–2 (half-time 0–1). Before kick-off we rated it 61% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 2, so that call landed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals40%60%Under
Over 3.5 goals17%83%no pick
Both teams to score46%54%No

The result model puts Deportivo Pasto at 41%, the draw at 30% and Deportivo Cali at 29%, from expected goals of 1.15 and 0.91.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Primera A has produced over 2.5 goals in 44% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Deportivo Pasto have 13 in 24 this season (5 of 12 at home), Deportivo Cali 5 in 21 (3 of 10 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 47% and 35%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 42%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 50%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 43%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 34%, from expected goals of 1.15 for Deportivo Pasto and 0.91 for Deportivo Cali. Folding in 30% of that view gives 40%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Deportivo Pasto2454%25%54%
Deportivo Cali2124%10%38%

Head to head

1 Feb 26Deportivo Cali 3–0 Deportivo PastoO2.5
14 Sept 25Deportivo Cali 2–1 Deportivo PastoO2.5
29 Mar 25Deportivo Pasto 1–1 Deportivo CaliU2.5
3 Sept 24Deportivo Cali 0–2 Deportivo PastoU2.5
24 Feb 24Deportivo Pasto 0–1 Deportivo CaliU2.5
4 Sept 23Deportivo Cali 4–0 Deportivo PastoO2.5

More: Deportivo Pasto season stats · Deportivo Cali season stats · Primera A table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.