There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana Round of 32 meeting between Estudiantes and Barcelona Guayaquil. Game on!
Estudiantes have less rest than Barcelona Guayaquil in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at River Plate.
Estudiantes form and stats
In their previous game, the manager Domínguez led his Estudiantes to a defeat away at River Plate. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi. The forward Méndez bettered all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.43 out of 10. Méndez scored one goal.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Barcelona Guayaquil in the Copa Sudamericana.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Superliga game versus Belgrano in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi.
Barcelona Guayaquil form and stats
Barcelona Guayaquil's mission in Copa Sudamericana last season failed in the group stage.The followers enjoyed Barcelona's previous game versus Estudiantes, a Copa Sudamericana win (2-1) played at home.
One game before, 2-2 at home vs Cerro Porteno in the Copa Libertadores.
Barcelona Guayaquil played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these four matches Barcelona Guayaquil scored 6 and conceded {7 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Estudiantes and Barcelona Guayaquil have met earlier this season: Barcelona Guayaquil - Estudiantes 2-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - zero - two (Estudiantes wins - draws - Barcelona Guayaquil wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 3 red cards from the last five encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Díaz 9 goals |   M. Boselli 6 goals |  S. Ascacíbar 4 goals |
Estudiantes missing players
Barcelona Guayaquil missing players
| Estudiantes | Barcelona Guayaquil | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 44 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 26 | 40 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 15.1 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 42% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 11.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
