Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: América de Cali and Cerro Porteño meet at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Cerro Porteño when visiting América as the cities are 6000 kilometers apart.
América de Cali form and stats
América participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the group stage.3-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera A numbers at home for América de Cali so far this season.
América de Cali are confident in defense, having played 226 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
América's previous game was a Primera A match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Deportes Tolima. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, América played out a Primera A draw 0-0 when visiting Jaguares de Cordoba.
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 América have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost three.
América aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. From these home matches, América de Cali have conceded only 5 goals.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Porteño was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the 3rd round last season.As the visiting team in Division 1 matches, Cerro Porteño have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far.
Cerro Porteño might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Libertad proved too strong as Porteño slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio General Pablo Rojas. A 3-3 draw at Sportivo Luqueno's stadium before that.
Cerro Porteño are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
A new game in only three days for Porteño, the Division 1 home match versus Olimpia. Busy days.
Cerro Porteño are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. In the opposite end, Porteño have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Morales 6 goals |  M. Boselli 5 goals |  Y. Cabrera Ramírez 4 goals |
América de Cali missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| América de Cali | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Scored | S | 18 | 36 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 20 | 29 | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 40% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Nacional | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | La Equidad | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Junior | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | América de Cali | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellin | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Boyaca Chico | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Once Caldas | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Envigado | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Patriotas Boyaca | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Rionegro Aguilas | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 14 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -29 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | Nacional Asuncion | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Guairena | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Sportivo Luqueno | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | 12 de Octubre | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -8 | 11 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | River Plate | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 6 |