MANIZALES (Interstat) — Once Caldas and Atletico Nacional played to a 1-1 draw at Estadio Palogrande on Tuesday, with the home side taking the lead in the first half and the visiting side equalizing late after a red card. Once Caldas was the home team, and Atletico Nacional was the visiting team. The match remained level after the late goal, and both sides took a point from the competition fixture. Once Caldas took the lead before halftime and carried that advantage into the break.

P. Gomez put Once Caldas ahead in the 38th minute. Gomez had been shown a yellow card in the 12th minute, and Atletico Nacional’s A. Morelos was booked in the 13th. Gomez was booked again in the 75th minute, and his statline for the match listed 90 minutes, one goal, a yellow card and a red card. The game’s red-card list also included E. Cabrera of Atletico Nacional, who was sent off in the 80th minute. The cards continued in the closing stages as Atletico Nacional sought a response.

Atletico Nacional responded through James Rodriguez in the 82nd minute. Rodriguez, who played 85 minutes, scored the equalizer before being substituted in the 85th minute. The goal came after Atletico Nacional had been reduced to 10 men, and it denied Once Caldas a home victory. Rodriguez’s finish was the visitors’ only goal of the match. Atletico Nacional continued to push after the sending-off and was rewarded with Rodriguez’s goal.

Atletico Nacional made substitutions in the 57th minute with M. Uribe and in the 67th minute with A. Sarmiento. Rodriguez and A. Roman came off in the 85th minute. Once Caldas made changes with J. Quinones in the 83rd minute, J. A. Zapata Ramirez in the 85th minute and J. D. Cuesta Santos in the 88th minute. The substitutions were made in the final minutes as both teams looked for a winning goal.

Once Caldas entered the match with previous results this season that included a 1-0 home win against Aguilas, a 1-0 home win against Alianza, a 1-1 home draw against Pereira, a 2-0 away win at Santa Fe, a 2-0 away win at Ind. Medellin, a 1-1 away draw at Millonarios and a 1-0 home win against Llaneros. Atletico Nacional’s previous results included a 4-3 home win against Pereira, a 1-1 away draw at Bucaramanga, a 2-0 home win against Santa Fe, a 2-1 home win against Ind. Medellin, a 3-0 home win against AD Pasto, a 0-1 away loss at Cucuta, a 4-1 away win at Chico and a 3-2 home win against Ind. Medellin.

Once Caldas finished the match with a 1-0-1 record in the competition and a 5-0-3 record across all competitions. Atletico Nacional also moved to 1-0-1 in the competition and 6-1-2 across all competitions. Both teams remained unbeaten in the competition after the draw. Both teams are scheduled to meet again in their next match. The draw left the sides level in the competition standings after the fixture.

The draw followed a tightly contested match in which Once Caldas held the lead for much of the second half. Atletico Nacional pressed for an equalizer and found it through Rodriguez after Cabrera’s sending-off. Once Caldas could not restore its advantage in the closing minutes, and the teams shared the points. The hosts had taken the lead through Gomez and protected it until the late equalizer. The teams traded possession in the final minutes, but neither side could produce another goal before the final whistle.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Once Caldas 1, Atletico Nacional 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Once Caldas with an 80.4 percent probability to win. Once Caldas had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.25. The total score of 2 went over the over/under line of 2.5.