This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Boca Juniors at Estadio Alberto José Armando when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Corinthians with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Boca Juniors and Corinthians.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the 8th finals.Boca Juniors drew their last game, also a home match. Racing Club was the opponent, 0-0 the score. The goalie Rossi was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.35 out of ten. Rossi topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Juniors had a Superliga home game versus Defensa y Justicia which ended with a victory 2-0.Corinthians form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Corinthians have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Internacional in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. As mentioned above, Corinthians drew the match against Internacional. Manager Pereira brought on Jô to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Defender Gustavo was the best team player with a rating of 7.55. Gustavo scored one goal and won 5 of 5 duels.
The travelling fans enjoy Corinthians's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Corinthians have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These two sides played each other earlier on this match year: Corinthians - Juniors 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Boca Juniors one win, two draws and Corinthians two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Benedetto 7 goals |  S. Villa Cano 5 goals |   R. Krug Guedes 3 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Corinthians missing players
| Boca Juniors | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Corinthians | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Always Ready | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 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 | Corinthians | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Always Ready | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 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 | Corinthians | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Botafogo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Santos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Coritiba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Avai | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Bragantino | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | America Mineiro | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Internacional | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Goias | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Cuiabá | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Flamengo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Juventude | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Athletico PR | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Ceará | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Atlético GO | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
