Boca Juniors and Santos will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Copa Libertadores Semi-finals battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Juniors have less rest than Santos in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Santos have had more rest.
Santos have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Last season, Juniors's Copa Libertadores journey ended in the semi-finals.On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Boca Juniors has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Boca Juniors drew their last game, also a home match. River Plate was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Ahead of that match, Juniors won a home game hosting Huracan (3-0).
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 Juniors's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
The manager M. Russo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Argentinos Juniors in only three days.
Santos form and stats
Playing away, Santos have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats in the Serie A this season. When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 7W-2D-1L. This is both home and away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Stival, the Santos manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Santos's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ceara that finished 1-1. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Vasco da Gama's place.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Santos playing away, we found four games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
Santos has another fixture away, a Serie A game, against Sao Paulo in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santos as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. 18 goals have been conceded by Santos in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ábila 5 goals | E. Cardona Bedoya 3 goals |  C. Tevez 2 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Santos missing players
| Boca Juniors | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12.5 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sao Paulo | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 25 | 56 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 49 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Internacional | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Gremio | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 45 |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 44 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Santos | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | Corinthians | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Ceara | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 36 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 34 |
| 12 | Atletico GO | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 34 |
| 13 | Bragantino | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | Fortaleza | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 31 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -13 | 29 |
| 16 | Bahia | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -15 | 28 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -13 | 28 |
| 18 | Goias | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -15 | 23 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 23 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -16 | 21 |