Argentinos Juniors host the first leg in this deciding Copa Libertadores Round of 16 game. Fluminense will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) before the return leg in 9 days.
Fluminense have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Argentinos Juniors nor Fluminense as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
The Argentinos supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona: A 2-3 defeat against Estudiantes. Midfielder Domínguez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.15 (out of ten) in that game. Domínguez hit three key passes.
Before that, a fine away victory at Patronato. A Copa Argentina match. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Argentinos Juniors have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 0 and lost 5.
Fluminense form and stats
Fluminense was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the 3rd round last season.There's been little loot from Fluminense's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Serie A. Fluminense only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Fluminense won their last game, 1-0 versus Santos played at home. Arias got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Arias served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Coritiba's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Fluminense in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Fluminense, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
After this away game Fluminense return home for a Serie A game against Palmeiras. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Fluminense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. As for defending, Fluminense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Argentinos victories, one draw and one Fluminense win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 12 goals | F. González Metilli 5 goals |   G. Cano 5 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Fluminense missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 23 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 36% | ||
| 5.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.8 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 23% | ||
| 11 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 14.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 4.8 | ||
