The first of two encounters in the Copa Libertadores Round of 16, as the hometeam Corinthians will try to edge Boca Juniors in their own ballpark.
Boca Juniors 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.
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 Corinthians and Boca Juniors.
Corinthians form and stats
15 points is a decent return from 7 Serie A games here at Neo Química Arena for Corinthians. The data says 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Santos last time out and are looking for a victory here. The goalie Cássio was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.45 out of ten. Cássio topped it up with a clean sheet.
This is expected to be a close game, with Corinthians perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Corinthians as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Corinthians has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Corinthians are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Fluminense awaits in four days.
Corinthians has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Corinthians have only let in 2 goals at home.
Boca Juniors form and stats
They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Home advantage was not enough for Boca Juniors in their previous game as they lost hosting Union Santa Fe, 1-2. Boca Juniors were so close to getting something from the game against Union Santa Fe, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal 15 minutes into overtime. Midfield player Molinas was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Molinas hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 43 successful passes (of 52 total).
Preceding that game was the away Superliga victory against Barracas Central with the score of 3-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Juniors are hosting Banfield in the Superliga only three days away.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H game ended Boca Juniors - Corinthians 1-1, played this season. These teams fought fiercely when they met earlier this season. Both Cantillo (Corinthians) and Pereira (Corinthians) were sent off. Corinthians-Boca Juniors H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Corinthians two wins, Boca Juniors one win, three draws. zero of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six encounters.Top Goalscorers
  D. Benedetto 9 goals |  S. Villa Cano 7 goals |   R. Krug Guedes 4 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Corinthians | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Athletico PR | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Internacional | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Santos | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Avai | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Goias | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Ceara | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Juventude | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
