Get ready for the return leg of the Copa Libertadores Round of 16 between Libertad and Athletico PR. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Athletico PR have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Libertad nor Athletico PR as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Libertad form and stats
Libertad was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Copa Libertadores. Atletico Nacional was too strong.10-1-0 is the performance here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco so far in the Division 1, giving Libertad a total of 31 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results!
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Martin Andres Silva Leites not having conceded a league goal in 380 minutes.
Libertad enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Resistencia's place. The match ended 4-0 with Mendieta, Alcaraz and Cardozo (2) scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Libertad played a great game against Resistencia and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
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 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Libertad have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Athletico PR form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Two away games in a row for Athletico, whose coach Scolari could celebrate last time after the win against Palmeiras. Goalkeeper Bento was absolutely vital in the Athletico PR victory against Palmeiras, making seven saves. Bento was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.33. The agile goalkeeper Bento topped it up with a clean sheet.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Athletico PR in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Athletico PR, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Athletico manager Scolari as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Goias.
It's early days yet, but Athletico PR has scored 8 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (8 games).
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Athletico PR - Libertad 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Libertad one win, zero draws and Athletico PR two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Santa Cruz Cantero 7 goals |  L. Melgarejo Sanabria 6 goals |   M. Terans Pérez 5 goals |
Libertad missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| Libertad | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| 8.6 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 14.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 50 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | Guarani | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Resistencia | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 28 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 26 |
| 7 | Sol de America | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 8 | Guairena | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -10 | 23 |
| 10 | Tacuary | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 22 |
| 11 | Sportivo Ameliano | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -24 | 17 |
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Athletico PR | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Internacional | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Flamengo | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Santos | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Avai | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Coritiba | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | America Mineiro | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 15 | Ceará | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Atletico GO | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 17 | Goias | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Juventude | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
