Athletico PR host the first leg in this deciding Copa Libertadores Round of 16 game. Libertad will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz before the return leg in 7 days.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Athletico PR form and stats
Athletico PR have performed here at Arena da Baixada this season with 4 wins from 7 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Athletico PR's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Bragantino. The home side are looking to build on that result. A goal frenzy last time out for Athletico, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Bragantino. Fun stuff to watch! Defender Orejuela got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.13/10. Orejuela scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 11 of 13 duels.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Athletico PR matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from 4 games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletico PR as they are travelling to their away game against Palmeiras in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Athletico PR have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena da Baixada with 11 goals in 7 league matches.
Libertad form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the 3rd round against Atletico Nacional.Libertad have an excellent away record in the Division 1 so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games.
Libertad have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Martin Andres Silva Leites. It's been 290 minutes since they last conceded in Division 1.
Impressive finishing from Merlini secured the home win 1-0 against Cerro Porteño in their previous game. The end of the last match, against Cerro Porteño, was very satisfying as Merlini scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Sol de America.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Libertad when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Division 1 trip to Resistencia.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Libertad are regular goalscorers on their travels. 11 goals have been conceded by Libertad in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the final score Athletico - Libertad 2-0 logged in the official records. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Athletico PR victory, zero draws and one Libertad win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Santa Cruz Cantero 7 goals |   R. Cardoso da Cruz 6 goals |  L. Melgarejo Sanabria 6 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Libertad missing players
| Athletico PR | Libertad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | 27 | Scored | S | 18 | 46 | ||
| 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 14 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13.3 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 36% | ||
| 13.1 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 8.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Athletico PR | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Internacional | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Santos | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Avai | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Goias | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Ceara | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Juventude | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 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 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 31 | 54 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 47 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Guarani | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Resistencia | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -2 | 28 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 25 |
| 7 | Sol de America | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Guairena | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Tacuary | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 10 | General Caballero JLM | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | 12 de Octubre | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -22 | 17 |
| 12 | Sportivo Ameliano | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
