It's game one of two in the Copa Libertadores as Barcelona Guayaquil host Universitario. This is a 2nd Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
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.
Barcelona Guayaquil form and stats
Action has already taken place for Barcelona Guayaquil in Copa Libertadores as they have defeated Torque to reach the 2nd Round. Barcelona Guayaquil was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Copa Libertadores. Flamengo was too strong.Happy days for Barcelona in their previous game, a fixture away at Delfin that ended with a 1-0 victory.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Barcelona Guayaquil home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Barcelona Guayaquil as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga Pro match thankfully also at home. Tecnico Universitario are visiting.
Universitario form and stats
Universitario's mission in Copa Libertadores last season failed in the group stage.Universitario are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Universitario lost away at Carlos Stein (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Attacker Urruti got a player rating of 8.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Urruti hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Universidad San Martin in the Primera Division.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cesar Vallejo in just four days.
4 goals so far away for Universitario, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Quina Asín 3 goals |  A. Valera Sandoval 2 goals | F. Alonso del Monte 1 goals |
Barcelona Guayaquil missing players
Universitario missing players
| Barcelona Guayaquil | Universitario | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 38 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.6 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.4 | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 8.5 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 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 | Sport Huancayo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Universitario | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Alianza Atletico | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Alianza Lima | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Cienciano | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Cesar Vallejo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Carlos Stein | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | UTC Cajamarca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Melgar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Deportivo Binacional | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | ADT | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Ayacucho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Universidad San Martin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Atletico Grau | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 16 | Sporting Cristal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Sport Boys | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Carlos Manucci | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 0 |
