International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Libertad and Alianza Lima are looking forward to this Copa Libertadores fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Alianza Lima have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The hosts Libertad saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Division 1. This match was also played here at Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Alianza Lima have had more rest.
Libertad form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the round of 16 against Atletico PR.Libertad have been outstanding at home so far in the Division 1 with 6 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Libertad, as their goalkeeper Martin Andres Silva Leites has completely shut out the opponents for 248 minutes in the Division 1.
Libertad's last game was hosting Resistencia and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, Libertad "killed" Resistencia in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A 0-0 draw away in the Division 1 before that, with Guarani the opponent.The manager Garnero will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sportivo Luqueno in only four days.
Libertad can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. Defensively Libertad have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Alianza Lima form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the group stage.Alianza Lima's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Alianza Lima collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Primera Division. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Alianza have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Angelo Ademir Campos Turriarte. It's been 346 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.
The followers enjoyed Alianza Lima's previous match versus Academia Cantolao, a 3-0 win played at home. Sabbag, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.81. Sabbag scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away Primera Division victory against Alianza Atletico with the score of 1-0.The schedule is very tough for Alianza Lima now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera Division game at Union Comercio is waiting in only three days.
Alianza have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Alianza Lima in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Libertad two wins, zero draws and Alianza Lima zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Cardozo Marín 9 goals |  L. Melgarejo Sanabria 6 goals |  P. Sabbag Daccarett 5 goals |
Libertad missing players
Alianza Lima missing players
| Libertad | Alianza Lima | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 42 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 13 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 10 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 PR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Libertad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 | Libertad | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 3 | Guarani | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Sportivo Trinidense | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Sportivo Luqueno | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Sportivo Ameliano | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Nacional Asuncion | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Resistencia | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 11 |
| 10 | General Caballero JLM | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Guairena | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -12 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Universitario | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Real Garcilaso | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | César Vallejo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Carlos Manucci | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Alianza Atletico | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Sport Huancayo | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Deportivo Municipal | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | UTC Cajamarca | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Union Comercio | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Atletico Grau | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | ADT | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Cienciano | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Sport Boys | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Melgar | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Deportivo Binacional | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | -17 | 3 |
