There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Libertadores 3rd Round meeting between Atlético Nacional and Libertad. Game on!
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 6400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Atlético Nacional form and stats
Action has already taken place for Atlético Nacional in Copa Libertadores as they have defeated Guarani to reach the 3rd Round.Atlético Nacional have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga BetPlay with 7 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. This match is a Copa Libertadores match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. Atlético has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot. We remember; it was America de Cali.
Atlético faced defeat in their previous match, away at Deportivo Cali (0-1). Prior to that, an away loss at Libertad in the Copa Libertadores.
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 Atlético's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won two matches, drawn three and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga BetPlay game versus Patriotas Boyaca in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot.
Atlético Nacional are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in their league games, having scored an impressive 23 goals in 8 matches. Atlético have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Libertad form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Universidad Catolica in order to reach 3rd round of Copa Libertadores. They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Palmeiras drew the shortest straw.3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Libertad in their Division 1 matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Impressive finishing from H. Villalba and J. Enciso secured the home win 2-1 against Guairena in their previous game. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Atlético Nacional.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Libertad when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning three games.
Libertad has another fixture away, a Division 1 game, against Cerro Porteno in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Libertad have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. Libertad are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Libertad - Atlético 1-0 played earlier this season. Atlético Nacional-Libertad H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Atlético Nacional two wins, Libertad two wins, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Duque Montoya 7 goals | J. Barrera Escalona 6 goals |   O. Cardozo Marín 5 goals |
Atlético Nacional missing players
Libertad missing players
| Atlético Nacional | Libertad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 55% | 63% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Deportivo Cali | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Deportes Tolima | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Millonarios | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | La Equidad | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Junior | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | America de Cali | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellín | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | Jaguares de Cordoba | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Deportivo Pasto | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Boyaca Chico | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Patriotas Boyaca | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | Envigado | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Deportivo Pereira | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 15 |
| 17 | Once Caldas | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Rionegro Aguilas | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -29 | 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 | Libertad | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Nacional Asuncion | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Cerro Porteno | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Guairena | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Guarani | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Sportivo Luqueno | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | 12 de Octubre | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -8 | 10 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
| 10 | River Plate | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -15 | 6 |