Boca Juniors and Santos get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Libertadores Group Stage fixture.
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 Juniors and Santos.
These teams have little in common geographically as Santos have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Juniors was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Copa Libertadores.Juniors has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Juniors enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Huracan's place. The match ended 2-0 with Gonzalo Maroni and Franco Soldano scoring. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting The Strongest.
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 Boca Juniors's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Superliga game versus Lanus in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando.
Santos form and stats
Santos's mission in Copa Libertadores last season failed in the semi-finals.The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Paulista A1. Total Copa Libertadores statistics for Santos: 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Holan, the Santos manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Santos failed to get anything from their last game, a Paulista A1 home match vs Corinthians that ended with defeat 0-2. It was a Paulista A1 defeat before that one as the away game against Novorizontino wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Santos when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Santos manager A. Holan as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bragantino.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Santos's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Santos concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Juniors won zero, Santos won one and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Villa Cano 4 goals |  G. Maroni 3 goals | C. Izquierdoz 2 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Santos missing players
| Boca Juniors | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | The Strongest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mirassol | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Santos | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 3 | Guarani | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 4 | Sao Caetano | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 3 |