There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 meeting between Defensa y Justicia and Emelec. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Emelec have to travel 5400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga Pro game only four days ago. That game, against Libertad, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Emelec.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Defensa y Justicia participated in Copa Sudamericana the last season, where they reached the group stage.Defensa y Justicia are returning here after visiting Emelec in a Copa Sudamericana game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Union Santa Fe (0-2).Emelec form and stats
Emelec was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the group stage last season.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Libertad in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
The match before that was the Copa Sudamericana-battle against Defensa y Justicia, a home defeat (1-2).
Emelec played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Emelec scored 2 and conceded {0 goals}.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; Emelec - Defensa y Justicia 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Fernández 12 goals |   M. Bolaños Reascos 7 goals | G. Togni 4 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Emelec missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Emelec | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 27 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 12.9 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
