Copa Libertadores preview and statistics: Fluminense vs Sporting Cristal full pre-match guide

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Competition: South America Copa Libertadores
Competition: Wed 28.Jun
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho (78838 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Fluminense at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Sporting Cristal with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

Sporting Cristal have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

These are busy days for the hosts, as they played only three days ago in the Serie A. This match was also played here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sporting Cristal have had more rest.

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Fluminense form and stats

Last season, Fluminense's Copa Libertadores journey ended in the 3rd round.

Fluminense are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.

The Fluminense supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Bahia and win 2-1. Things did not look good last match, when Nino got a red card in the 37th minute. They were already behind at this time, but a tremendous finish from Fluminense resulted in a win! Midfielder Keno was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Keno served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

In the match before that, Fluminense hosted Atlético Mineiro and drew the Serie A game 1-1.

Fluminense are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at São Paulo awaits in four days.

The Fluminense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Fluminense have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting Cristal form and stats

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

Cristal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Academia Cantolao. Grimaldo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.21. Grimaldo scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Alianza Atletico.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the squads played each other previously this campaign; Sporting Cristal - Fluminense 1-3. One of the stars has been Cano with 2 goals scored against Sporting Cristal in these 1 games.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CristalB. Varanda de Oliveira
B. Varanda de Oliveira
9 goals
Sporting CristalA. Hohberg González
A. Hohberg González
8 goals
Sporting CristalL. Sosa Toranza
L. Sosa Toranza
5 goals

Fluminense missing players

Sporting Cristal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fluminense Sporting Cristal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
13 9   Won W   5 12
4 3   Drew D   5 9
8 0   Lost L   3 4
46 30   Scored S   21 43
25 6   Conceded C   17 29
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 76%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 40%
24% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 28%
16% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 24%
40% 50%   BTTS BTTS   54% 60%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 32%
28% 8%   Failed to Score F T   31% 20%
 
6.1 7.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 5.4
6.1 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   7.4 6
2.6 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 3
4 2   Red cards R C   3 7
 
15 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 12.4
5.9 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 4.9
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 35%
 
14.3 11.6   Shots against (avg) S A   19.2 15.9
5 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fluminense 5 3 0 2 9 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 9
2 River Plate 5 2 1 2 9 11 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 3 9 -2 7
3 Sporting Cristal 5 2 1 2 7 9 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 4 5 -2 7
4 The Strongest 5 2 0 3 5 5 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 11 9 0 2 19 7 6 6 0 0 12 1 5 3 0 2 7 6 12 27
2 Palmeiras 11 6 4 1 22 9 5 4 1 0 12 5 6 2 3 1 10 4 13 22
3 Fluminense 12 6 3 3 19 13 6 4 2 0 10 4 6 2 1 3 9 9 6 21
4 Gremio 11 6 2 3 17 16 6 4 2 0 12 6 5 2 0 3 5 10 1 20
5 Fortaleza 12 5 5 2 15 9 6 3 3 0 9 4 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 20
6 Flamengo 11 6 1 4 21 15 6 4 1 1 12 4 5 2 0 3 9 11 6 19
7 Athletico PR 12 6 1 5 16 15 6 5 0 1 10 5 6 1 1 4 6 10 1 19
8 Atlético Mineiro 12 5 4 3 16 11 5 2 2 1 7 5 7 3 2 2 9 6 5 19
9 São Paulo 12 5 3 4 17 13 6 5 0 1 13 6 6 0 3 3 4 7 4 18
10 Cruzeiro 12 5 2 5 15 11 7 3 0 4 4 6 5 2 2 1 11 5 4 17
11 Internacional 11 5 2 4 11 13 5 4 0 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 4 9 -2 17
12 Bragantino 11 4 5 2 19 14 6 4 1 1 12 6 5 0 4 1 7 8 5 17
13 Santos 11 3 4 4 9 10 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 1 1 3 2 5 -1 13
14 Bahia 12 3 3 6 13 18 6 2 2 2 10 9 6 1 1 4 3 9 -5 12
15 Corinthians 12 3 3 6 11 16 5 2 3 0 7 4 7 1 0 6 4 12 -5 12
16 Cuiaba 11 3 3 5 9 15 5 0 2 3 3 9 6 3 1 2 6 6 -6 12
17 Goias 11 3 2 6 10 18 5 2 1 2 7 10 6 1 1 4 3 8 -8 11
18 America Mineiro 11 2 2 7 12 25 6 2 1 3 7 12 5 0 1 4 5 13 -13 8
19 Vasco da Gama 11 1 3 7 10 20 5 0 1 4 3 9 6 1 2 3 7 11 -10 6
20 Coritiba 11 0 4 7 8 21 6 0 3 3 3 8 5 0 1 4 5 13 -13 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 Academia Cantolao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ADT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Alianza Atletico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Alianza Lima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Atletico Grau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Carlos Manucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cesar Vallejo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Cienciano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Deportivo Binacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Deportivo Garcilaso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Deportivo Municipal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Melgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Real Garcilaso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sport Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sport Huancayo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sporting Cristal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Union Comercio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Universitario 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 UTC Cajamarca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fluminense 5 3 0 2 9 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 9
2 River Plate 5 2 1 2 9 11 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 3 9 -2 7
3 Sporting Cristal 5 2 1 2 7 9 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 4 5 -2 7
4 The Strongest 5 2 0 3 5 5 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 6

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