International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Athletico PR and Libertad are looking forward to this Copa Libertadores fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Libertad have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Athletico nor Libertad as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Athletico PR form and stats
Athletico PR was eliminated in the final last season in the Copa Libertadores.Overall Serie A results playing at home this season for Athletico PR are 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Athletico PR last time playing, versus Botafogo. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Santana scoring for the victors. Bento, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.04 out of 10 in that game. Bento topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Botafogo (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the Copa do Brasil. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Athletico's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 3 matches, drawn 3 and lost 1.
A decent goal production from Athletico PR in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches.
Libertad form and stats
Libertad was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the round of 16 last season, when Athletico PR turned out to be too strong.Libertad's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Libertad collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the Division 1. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats).
Libertad lost away at Cerro Porteno (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at General Caballero JLM.A quick return to home after this game, as Libertad are hosting Sportivo Ameliano in the Division 1 only four days away.
Libertad are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 11 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Athletico PR have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) versus Libertad.Libertad - Athletico PR 1-2 was the scoreline in these sides' last head to head match, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Cardozo Marín 10 goals |  L. Melgarejo Sanabria 6 goals | H. Villalba 6 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Libertad missing players
| Athletico PR | Libertad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 13.6 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| 11.4 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 6.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athletico PR | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Libertad | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -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 | Botafogo | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Gremio | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Sao Paulo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Cruzeiro | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Santos | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Internacional | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Cuiaba | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Bahia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Goias | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 3 |
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 50 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Sportivo Trinidense | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Nacional Asuncion | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Guarani | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Olimpia | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 10 | Guairena | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 17 |
| 11 | Resistencia | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -18 | 17 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
