There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Libertadores Round of 16 meeting between Boca Juniors and Corinthians. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Corinthians have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Juniors and Corinthians.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.The Juniors crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Banfield here at Estadio Alberto José Armando. Boca Juniors lost the game against Banfield in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that. Molinas (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Molinas hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 68 successful passes (of 76 total).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Juniors have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 6 and lost 1.
Boca Juniors are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at San Lorenzo awaits in four days.
Corinthians form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Corinthians lost away at Fluminense (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Fluminense was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Midfield player Cantillo was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.05/10. Cantillo dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).
Corinthians are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
In the opposite end, Corinthians have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this campaign: Corinthians - Juniors 0-0. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Boca Juniors victory, four draws and two Corinthians wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Benedetto 9 goals |  S. Villa Cano 7 goals |   R. Krug Guedes 4 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Corinthians missing players
| Boca Juniors | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 33 | 23 | Scored | S | 10 | 29 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 19 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Athletico PR | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Internacional | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Flamengo | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Santos | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Avai | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Coritiba | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | America Mineiro | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 15 | Ceará | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Atletico GO | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 17 | Goias | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Juventude | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
