Internacional and Deportivo Táchira get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Libertadores Group Stage fixture.
The visiting Deportivo Táchira played their last game only three days ago, a Primera Division match. That game was also an away game, at Zulia. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Internacional form and stats
Internacional was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Copa Libertadores.Internacional are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Always Ready. Before that match, a Gaucho 1 win away at Aimore.
Internacional's goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba was extremely busy against Always Ready, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Deportivo Táchira form and stats
Táchira was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the 2nd round last season.Deportivo Táchira has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Deportivo Táchira, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Zulia. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Olimpia in the Copa Libertadores.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Zulia was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Táchira lost heavily in their last match (against Zulia as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Deportivo Táchira manager J. Tolisano as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Portuguesa.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Hernández Belorín 1 goals | L. Gómez Benites 1 goals |
Internacional missing players
Deportivo Táchira missing players
| Internacional | Deportivo Táchira | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 8% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Always Ready | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Táchira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zamora Futbol Club | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Estudiantes Mérida | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hermanos Colmenares | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Deportivo Táchira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Portuguesa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Trujillanos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 0 |