Athletico PR have traveled here for an interesting Copa Libertadores fight against Libertad. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Libertad and Athletico PR.
Libertad form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the round of 16 against Athletico PR.Home games in the Division 1 have been a walk in the park for Libertad so far, with 22 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The Libertad fans got no joy from their last game, a Copa Libertadores duel also played here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco: A 1-2 defeat against Athletico PR. The striker González won the honour of being "man of the match" for Libertad with the rating of 7.83/10. González hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 9 of 10 times.
Previous to that game, a Division 1 home match hosting Nacional Asuncion in a game that was won 2-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Libertad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 3.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), Libertad's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Libertad have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Athletico PR form and stats
They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the final.It's not happening yet for Athletico PR on their Serie A travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Two away matches in a row for Athletico PR, whose coach Turra could celebrate last time after the Copa Libertadores win against Libertad. Midfield player Santana was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Santana scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 50 successful passes (of 55 total).
It was a Serie A defeat before that one as the away game against Atletico Mineiro wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Athletico PR playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Athletico wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Athletico PR has managed {1 goals} and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Athletico PR have won or drawn the last 4 matches (3-1-0) against Libertad.It's not the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Libertad - Athletico PR 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Cardozo Marín 9 goals |  L. Melgarejo Sanabria 6 goals | H. Villalba 5 goals |
Libertad missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| Libertad | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 23 | 48 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 17 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 6.3 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 | Athletico PR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Libertad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 38 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Guarani | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Sportivo Trinidense | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Nacional Asuncion | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 13 |
| 10 | Resistencia | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 12 |
| 11 | Guairena | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | -14 | 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 | Botafogo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Internacional | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Gremio | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | São Paulo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Atletico Mineiro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Goiás | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Bahia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Athletico PR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Cuiabá | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
