International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Racing Club and Aucas are looking forward to this Copa Libertadores fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Aucas, who are travelling more than 5700 kilometers to play this game.
These are hustling days for the home side, as they had a match only four days ago in the Superliga. That game was an away game at Independiente, so at least Racing Club are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Racing Club form and stats
Racing participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against São Paulo.Racing Club drew their last game, 1-1 away at Independiente. Attacking player Rojas bettered all teammates in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.51 out of 10. Rojas scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 9 times.
Ahead of that match, Racing lost 0-1 at home to Newell's Old Boys.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Racing Club home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Racing Club as they have a new game in only four days, a Superliga match thankfully also at home. Atletico Tucuman are visiting.
Aucas form and stats
Aucas play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Tecnico Universitario. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Acosta when Vergara scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Emelec in the Liga Pro.A quick return to home after this game, as Aucas are hosting Cumbaya in the Liga Pro only four days away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rojas Romero 6 goals |   J. Cifuente Vergara 5 goals | G. Piovi 2 goals |
Racing Club missing players
Aucas missing players
| Racing Club | Aucas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 34 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 11.1 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Racing Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Aucas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nublense | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | Racing Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Aucas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nublense | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
