International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Santos and Barcelona Guayaquil are looking forward to this Copa Libertadores fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's no vacation for neither Santos nor Barcelona Guayaquil 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.
Santos form and stats
Santos was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Copa Libertadores.The story so far in the Paulista A1 for Santos at their home stadium (Estádio Urbano Caldeira) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Santos has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Heartbreak before that as Santos lost 0-3 at Ponte Preta's place.
Santos made it very difficult for themselves, when Guilherme Nunes got a red card in the 60th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Santos won the match 2-1! The victory against Inter de Limeira came after Bruno Marques's winning goal. The Santos manager A. Holan was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 75th minute.
There will be little rest for Santos after this match as they are travelling to Novorizontino for a Paulista A1 game in only two days.
Santos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Santos have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Barcelona Guayaquil form and stats
Barcelona Guayaquil was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the group stage last season.An inspired comeback made the scores level in Barcelona Guayaquil's duel with Mushuc Runa. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after M. Hoyos found the equalizer.
A quick return to home after this game, as Barcelona are hosting Delfin in the Liga Pro only four days away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Santos zero wins, one draw and Barcelona Guayaquil one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Díaz 4 goals |  L. Martínez 3 goals | B. Castillo Segura 2 goals |
Santos missing players
Barcelona Guayaquil missing players
| Santos | Barcelona Guayaquil | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Santos | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 2 | Mirassol | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Guarani | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 4 | Sao Caetano | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -12 | 1 |