Copa Libertadores: Get ready for the second leg of the Flamengo - Olimpia clash

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Competition: South America Copa Libertadores
Competition: Wed 18.August
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Libertadores Quarter-finals meeting between Flamengo and Olimpia. Game on!

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 Flamengo and Olimpia.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Flamengo form and stats

Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the 8th finals.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho as Flamengo have scored 16 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 6-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Flamengo has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

The Flamengo supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sport Recife in Serie A and win 2-0. Midfielder Everton Ribeiro was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.35 (out of ten) in that game. Ribeiro hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 53 successful passes (of 59 total).

In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Olimpia.

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 Flamengo home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, one draw and two defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager R. Portaluppi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ceara in only four days.

A decent goal production from Flamengo in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Flamengo have conceded 11 goals.

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Olimpia form and stats

They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the group stage.

Olimpia are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Division 1, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses both home and away. Three has not been a lucky number for Olimpia as they have been defeated three times in a row since the 12 de Octubre match.

Olimpia's previous game was their home loss versus Cerro Porteno (0-3).

The game before that, in the Copa Libertadores, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Flamengo.

You'll want to know how Olimpia managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

The schedule is very tough for Olimpia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Division 1 game at Sportivo Luqueno is waiting in only four days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Olimpia has managed 4 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head encounter ended Olimpia - Flamengo 1-4, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Flamengo wins - draws - Olimpia wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FlamengoB. Pinto
B. Pinto
8 goals
OlimpiaA. Silva González
A. Silva González
7 goals
OlimpiaJ. Recalde Ramírez
J. Recalde Ramírez
7 goals

Flamengo missing players

Olimpia missing players

Flamengo Olimpia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   12 25
17 10   Won W   5 10
3 2   Drew D   1 4
5 3   Lost L   6 11
52 33   Scored S   17 43
21 15   Conceded C   24 48
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
72% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 84%
52% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 76%
40% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 48%
24% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 32%
44% 47%   BTTS BTTS   75% 72%
44% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 12%
16% 20%   Failed to Score F T   17% 24%
 
6.6 7.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.8
3.2 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.3
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 3
2 2   Red cards R C   2 8
 
15.6 16.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.6
7 7.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.7
30% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 47%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 16 12 1 3 25 11 8 6 1 1 16 5 8 6 0 2 9 6 14 37
2 Palmeiras 16 10 2 4 27 17 8 6 1 1 17 10 8 4 1 3 10 7 10 32
3 Fortaleza 16 9 4 3 26 15 8 6 2 0 17 5 8 3 2 3 9 10 11 31
4 Bragantino 16 7 7 2 26 18 8 2 5 1 13 11 8 5 2 1 13 7 8 28
5 Flamengo 14 9 0 5 27 15 9 6 0 3 16 11 5 3 0 2 11 4 12 27
6 Atletico PR 15 7 2 6 22 18 7 4 2 1 12 9 8 3 0 5 10 9 4 23
7 Atletico GO 16 6 5 5 14 16 7 2 3 2 5 6 9 4 2 3 9 10 -2 23
8 Ceara 16 5 8 3 18 16 8 5 2 1 13 7 8 0 6 2 5 9 2 23
9 Internacional 16 5 6 5 20 20 8 2 3 3 9 10 8 3 3 2 11 10 0 21
10 Santos 16 5 6 5 17 17 8 4 3 1 9 3 8 1 3 4 8 14 0 21
11 Corinthians 16 5 6 5 15 15 8 2 2 4 9 11 8 3 4 1 6 4 0 21
12 Juventude 15 5 4 6 12 17 8 4 1 3 7 9 7 1 3 3 5 8 -5 19
13 Bahia 16 5 3 8 20 26 9 3 1 5 10 14 7 2 2 3 10 12 -6 18
14 Sao Paulo 16 4 6 6 13 19 8 2 4 2 7 7 8 2 2 4 6 12 -6 18
15 Fluminense 15 4 5 6 12 17 6 2 2 2 4 6 9 2 3 4 8 11 -5 17
16 Cuiaba 15 3 8 4 15 17 8 2 3 3 9 11 7 1 5 1 6 6 -2 17
17 Sport Recife 16 3 6 7 8 13 7 1 3 3 2 4 9 2 3 4 6 9 -5 15
18 America Mineiro 15 3 5 7 12 19 8 2 3 3 5 5 7 1 2 4 7 14 -7 14
19 Gremio 14 2 4 8 9 17 7 1 4 2 5 6 7 1 0 6 4 11 -8 10
20 Chapecoense 15 0 4 11 12 27 7 0 1 6 3 12 8 0 3 5 9 15 -15 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 Guarani 5 4 1 0 15 4 3 3 0 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 11 13
2 River Plate 5 3 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 10
3 Cerro Porteno 5 2 3 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 3 0 5 9
4 Sol de America 5 2 2 1 5 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 2 5 -1 8
5 Sportivo Luqueno 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 -2 7
6 Nacional Asuncion 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 -1 5
7 Guairena 5 1 2 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 -1 5
8 Libertad 5 0 4 1 5 6 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
9 Olimpia 5 1 0 4 5 12 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 1 0 1 4 4 -7 3
10 12 de Octubre 5 0 2 3 7 13 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 4 7 -6 2