Independiente Santa Fe and América de Cali will settle their Liga BetPlay I-2026 quarterfinal series on Tuesday night at El Campín in Bogotá, with the return leg kicking off at 8:30 p.m. after a 1-1 draw in the first match at the Pascual Guerrero. The game will be shown on Win+.

The tie now belongs to the team that handles the next 90 minutes better. Hugo Rodallega put Santa Fe back in a decisive moment in Cali with another goal, and the Bogotá club enters the second leg with the confidence that comes from that result and from its home form during the semester. América stayed alive by reacting in the opening match, and it arrives in the capital still able to win the series away from home.

Santa Fe is expected to line up with Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo, Mateo Puerta, Víctor Moreno, Iván Scarpeta, Christian Mafla, Daniel Torres, Kilian Toscano, Omar Fernández, Yeicar Perlaza, Rodallega and Nahuel Bustos. América de Cali would start with Jean Pestaña, Luis Mina, Andrés Mosquera, Nicolás Hernández, Omar Bertel, Rafael Carrascal, Josen Escobar, Jhon Murillo, Tomás Ángel, Adrián Ramos and Jan Lucumí.

The first leg left the quarterfinals exactly where neither side wanted them: tied, tense and without a cushion. That makes Tuesday a straight fight for the semifinals, with the winner set to face the survivor of the Junior de Barranquilla versus Once Caldas series. Santa Fe has the setting, the crowd and the recent edge in its favor; América has already shown it can answer when pushed, and it now needs to do it in Bogotá.

For both clubs, there is no way around the stakes. One result sends a team deeper into the Liga BetPlay I-2026 race and one result ends the season’s path in this bracket. The margin is as small as the first leg suggested, and the next goal could decide everything.