Defender Kevin Mantilla, midfielder Kevin Serna and striker Francisco Fydriszewski have appeared with the Reds in 2026 PHOTO Camilo Suárez
Two of the ten matches on the fifth date of the Apertura, scheduled since January by Dimayor, had to be postponed.To the match between Santa Fe and Nacional, the Fortaleza-América de Cali duel was added, which would be played at the El Campín stadium in Bogotá so that the fans of the scarlet cast would accompany their club – and give income to the capital cast at the box office.
These pairings do not yet have a date. However, the day will begin next Friday, February 6 in the south of the country, with the confrontation between the Deportivo Pasto and Atlético Bucaramanga, scheduled for 6:20 pm, at the La Libertad stadium in the capital of Nariño.
It won’t be just any duel. The two teams that lead the standings face each other.The people from Nariño are first with 9 units, the product of three victories and one defeat –the weekend against Deportivo Cali–. The people of Santander, for their part, appear in the second box with eight points, the product of two wins and the same number of ties.
Once that game ends, the ball will roll at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellín, where Alejandro Restrepo’s DIM will receive Internacional de Bogotá from 8:30 pm On the Antioquia stage, two teams that live an opposite future will face each other: El Poderoso appears at the bottom of the table; while the capital residents move up.
Medellín went from being the best team of the year in 2025, to not having achieved its first victory of 2026 yet. So far, the reds have 2 points, products of the draws against Tolima, at the Atanasio, and Millonarios, as a visitor. Inter, for its part, has had an irregular performance. They started losing 3-0 against América at Pascual Guerrero. However, they turned their fate around in the game on the second date: they beat Cúcuta Deportivo 2-1.
On the third day they beat Jaguares de Córdoba in Montería (2-3) and on the fourth they got a valuable 0-0 draw against Tolima, one of the teams that has shown the best football so far in the first half of the year.
The Saturday matchday of the League will begin at the Cincuentenario stadium in Medellín with the matchbetween Águilas Doradas and Cúcuta Deportivoscheduled to start at 2:00 p.m.
The second shift of the day will be Lucas González’s Deportes Tolima, a team that will seek to finish, for the first time in the Apertura, a match in Ibagué with its eleven players on the field.In the four duels he has played so far, six players have been sent off.
Finally, the current League champion will host Boyacá Chicó in Barranquilla. Starting at 8:30 pm, Junior will look for his third victory at the rented venue. Those from Tunja, meanwhile, will try to add three for the first time and get out of 19th place in the table. On Sunday the Alianza-Once Caldas games are scheduled (4:10 pm) in Valledupar; Deportivo Cali-Millonarios (6:20 pm) in Palmira; and the day will close, partially, with the Jaguares-Pereira match in Montería, which will begin at 8:30 pm
