It's game one of two in the Copa Libertadores as Nacional host Boca Juniors. This is a Round of 16 fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superliga. That game, against Independiente, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Boca Juniors.
Nacional form and stats
Nacional participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the group stage.The Nacional followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Cerro Largo and win 1-0.
Preceding that match was the home Primera Division game against Fenix that was lost 0-1.Boca Juniors form and stats
Juniors was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the round of 16 last season.Two travels in a row for Boca Juniors, whose coach Quintana could celebrate last time after the win against Independiente. Romero was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.75. The agile goalkeeper Romero saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Newell's Old Boys.After this away game Boca Juniors return home for a Trofeo de Campeones game against River Plate. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's a day of discovery for Boca Juniors as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Boca Juniors have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Boca Juniors has scored {0 goals} and conceded 0 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Nacional won five games, three matches ended in a draw and Boca Juniors managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ramírez Polero 13 goals |   M. Merentiel Serrano 7 goals | M. Payero 4 goals |
Nacional missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Nacional | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 8 | 10 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 9.2 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.4 | ||
