Get ready for the first of two legs in this Copa Libertadores clash between Fluminense and Barcelona Guayaquil

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Competition: South America Copa Libertadores
Competition: Fri 13.August
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho

Fluminense host the first leg in this deciding Copa Libertadores Quarter-finals game. days.

The hosts Fluminense saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie A. That game was an away game at America Mineiro, so at least Fluminense are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Fluminense form and stats

2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Fluminense so far this season. 5W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for Fluminense. Fluminense has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager R. Machado Marques and the players.

Fluminense are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus America Mineiro. The goalie Marcos Felipe was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.04 out of ten. Felipe stopped the opponent with five saves.

Ahead of that match, Fluminense won a home game hosting Cerro Porteno (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fluminense have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost one.

There will be little rest for Fluminense after this match as they are travelling to Internacional for a Serie A game in only three days.

Fluminense aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. On the other hand, Fluminense have conceded 6 goals.

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Barcelona Guayaquil form and stats

Barcelona's mission in Copa Libertadores last season failed in the group stage.

When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 5W-1D-2L. This is both home and away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Barcelona Guayaquil hope to make it five in this match.

Barcelona Guayaquil are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Liga Pro against Guayaquil City.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Tecnico Universitario.

We have checked recent matches where Barcelona have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, three draws and four defeats.

Barcelona has another fixture away, a Liga Pro game, against Orense in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

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Fluminense missing players

Barcelona Guayaquil missing players

Fluminense Barcelona Guayaquil
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
10 6   Won W   5 16
6 3   Drew D   3 5
9 3   Lost L   4 4
28 14   Scored S   15 47
25 10   Conceded C   13 20
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
60% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
40% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 56%
16% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 32%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
48% 42%   BTTS BTTS   33% 40%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 44%
24% 17%   Failed to Score F T   42% 20%
 
4.6 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.8
5 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.2 3.2
2.3 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
2 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
9.6 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 12.8
4.2 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5.2
27% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Mineiro 15 11 1 3 23 11 7 5 1 1 14 5 8 6 0 2 9 6 12 34
2 Palmeiras 15 10 2 3 27 15 8 6 1 1 17 10 7 4 1 2 10 5 12 32
3 Fortaleza 15 9 3 3 25 14 7 6 1 0 16 4 8 3 2 3 9 10 11 30
4 Bragantino 15 7 7 1 25 16 7 2 5 0 12 9 8 5 2 1 13 7 9 28
5 Flamengo 13 8 0 5 25 15 8 5 0 3 14 11 5 3 0 2 11 4 10 24
6 Atletico PR 14 7 2 5 22 17 7 4 2 1 12 9 7 3 0 4 10 8 5 23
7 Ceará 15 5 8 2 17 13 8 5 2 1 13 7 7 0 6 1 4 6 4 23
8 Santos 15 5 5 5 16 16 8 4 3 1 9 3 7 1 2 4 7 13 0 20
9 Atlético GO 15 5 5 5 12 15 7 2 3 2 5 6 8 3 2 3 7 9 -3 20
10 Bahia 15 5 3 7 19 24 8 3 1 4 9 12 7 2 2 3 10 12 -5 18
11 Internacional 15 4 6 5 16 18 7 1 3 3 5 8 8 3 3 2 11 10 -2 18
12 Corinthians 15 4 6 5 12 14 7 1 2 4 6 10 8 3 4 1 6 4 -2 18
13 Fluminense 14 4 5 5 10 13 6 2 2 2 4 6 8 2 3 3 6 7 -3 17
14 Juventude 14 4 4 6 10 16 8 4 1 3 7 9 6 0 3 3 3 7 -6 16
15 Sport Recife 15 3 6 6 8 11 7 1 3 3 2 4 8 2 3 3 6 7 -3 15
16 Sao Paulo 15 3 6 6 11 18 7 1 4 2 5 6 8 2 2 4 6 12 -7 15
17 America Mineiro 15 3 5 7 12 19 8 2 3 3 5 5 7 1 2 4 7 14 -7 14
18 Cuiaba 14 2 8 4 14 17 7 1 3 3 8 11 7 1 5 1 6 6 -3 14
19 Gremio 12 1 4 7 6 14 6 0 4 2 3 5 6 1 0 5 3 9 -8 7
20 Chapecoense 14 0 4 10 11 25 7 0 1 6 3 12 7 0 3 4 8 13 -14 4