Deportivo Pasto
- Deportivo Pasto finished among the top three in the Liga BetPlay 2026 regular phase with 34 points from 17 games.
- Deportivo Pasto will look to finish off Deportes Tolima in the home leg of their Primera A 2026 quarter-final on Wednesday when a tight, intense and highly consequential 90 minutes of soccer is expected.
- Jonathan Risueño has taken the underdog Tricolores and turned them into a fluid, vertical, attacking side that has impressed many and entertained most in 2026.
Deportes Tolima
- Tolima secured a top-eight spot with 30 points.
- The Estadio Libertad, where this game will be decided, is at over 2,500 metres, so the visitors should be very fit indeed to avoid the altitude sickness that can sap the energy of players in the second half.
- González’ men are compact, disciplined, structured and quick in transition, usually operating in a 4-3-3 or 3-4-2-1 that allows them to play a pragmatic style of soccer, which has delivered many clean sheets in both league and Libertadores action this year.
Key Players
- Estupiñán is the talisman who can cause all kinds of problems for opposition defenses with his pace, size and aerial ability, but Risueño’s men also have secondary goalscorers in Santiago Córdoba and Wilson Morelo, who are capable of finding the net when Estupiñán’s creativity is not producing goals.
- Luis Sandoval and Jader Valencia will add pace and width to the attack on the flanks while Torres, who is the team’s set-piece specialist, will pull the strings in the middle as one of Tolima's top scorers and assist providers in 2026.
Betting Insights
- Pasto are the slight favorites here with the home-field advantage in a high-altitude match, but Tolima arrive with Libertadores momentum and plenty of squad depth to rotate the sides in order to handle both competitions.
- Backing Pasto at 1.86 is fine given Tolima are 3.83 for the game and the draw is 3.75, but we think the ‘Both teams to score - No’ market looks too close at 1.98.
- The cold, damp conditions on matchday should suit the more disciplined and physical style of Tolima, while the altitude of Pasto’s home stadium could take a toll on the visitors if the match remains tight.
Prediction
Set pieces and second-half fatigue will play a big part in deciding who will advance to the last four as well.
