Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: Argentinos Juniors and Liverpool meet at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the 8th finals against River Plate.When playing at home in the league, Argentinos Juniors have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 0 games.
Argentinos Juniors's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Platense. The home side are looking to build on that result. Argentinos Juniors made it very difficult for themselves, when Montiel got a red card in the 90th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Argentinos Juniors won the match 1-0! Defender Allister got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Allister won 13 of 17 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Talleres Cordoba (0-1).Liverpool form and stats
Liverpool are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the fixture against Racing. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Bava when Rivero scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute.
Before that game, the win at home against Independiente del Valle in the Copa Libertadores (1-0).
Head 2 Head
Liverpool - Argentinos 2-2 was the score in these sides' previous head-to-head match, played this season. One of the stars has been Bentancourt with 2 goals scored against Argentinos Juniors in these 1 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 9 goals |  R. Bentancourt Morales 6 goals |  A. Medina Silva 5 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Liverpool missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | Liverpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 24 | Scored | S | 12 | 36 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 32 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 20% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 14.9 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 24% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 42% | ||
| 9.2 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Independiente del Valle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | Argentinos Juniors | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Independiente del Valle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
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