The first of two encounters in the Copa Libertadores Round of 16, as the hometeam Fortaleza will try to edge Estudiantes in their own ballpark.
These teams have little in common geographically as Estudiantes have to travel 4800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Fortaleza form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Fortaleza have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.
Fortaleza are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Atlético Mineiro. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Atlético Mineiro) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. The defeat against Atlético Mineiro was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored six minutes into stoppage time (by Jussa (own goal)). The forward Romarinho outshone all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.42 out of 10. Romarinho scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fortaleza handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fortaleza as they are travelling to their away game against Coritiba in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Fortaleza aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, with only 4 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Fortaleza have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Estudiantes form and stats
Estudiantes's previous game was their home loss versus Newell's Old Boys (0-2). Zuqui got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Zuqui hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Independiente before that.Estudiantes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Estudiantes now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superliga game at Arsenal de Sarandi is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Boselli 11 goals |  L. Díaz 6 goals |   G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Estudiantes missing players
| Fortaleza | Estudiantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.1 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 40% | ||
| 12 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | Atletico 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 | Atlético 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 |
