Rentistas and São Paulo get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Libertadores Group Stage fixture.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Paulista A1 game only three days ago. That game, against Mirassol, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for São Paulo.
It's quite the trip for São Paulo when visiting Rentistas as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Rentistas form and stats
Rentistas's struggle is real here at Estadio Centenario with only 6 points collected from 7 Primera Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-5. 0W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for Rentistas.
Stress levels are on the rise for Rentistas's attacking players as they have now played 185 minutes without scoring in a league game. F. Perez was their last goal scorer.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Sporting Cristal in the Copa Libertadores last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting São Paulo (0-2).
There will be little rest for Rentistas after this match as they are travelling to Boston River for a Primera Division game in only two days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rentistas here at Estadio Centenario in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). On the other hand, Rentistas have conceded 9 goals.
São Paulo form and stats
They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, São Paulo have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Paulista A1 this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Visiting Paulo has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Paulo has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mirassol for a Paulista A1 game that ended a draw (1-1). A 0-0 draw at Racing Club's stadium before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Paulo are hosting Ferroviaria in the Paulista A1 only two days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Paulo are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on São Paulo as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: São Paulo - Rentistas 2-0.Rentistas missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Rentistas | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 19 | 43 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7.5 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | São Paulo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Rentistas | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Penarol | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Torque | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Nacional | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | Boston River | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Fenix | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | River Plate | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | Deportivo Maldonado | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Wanderers | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Progreso | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Danubio | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Cerro | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Rentistas | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | São Paulo | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Ferroviaria | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Ponte Preta | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 4 | Sao Bento | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 9 |