International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Santos and Boca Juniors are looking forward to this Copa Libertadores fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Boca Juniors have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Santos form and stats
Santos participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the finals.When playing at home in the Paulista A1, Santos have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. 3W-2D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for Santos.
A nice win for Santos last time playing, versus Sao Bento. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Lucas Braga and Kaio Jorge scoring for the victors. Heartbreak before that as Santos lost 2-3 at Palmeiras's place.
Santos has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Santos have conceded only 5 goals.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Juniors's mission in Copa Libertadores last season failed in the semi-finals.When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
Juniors play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Patronato. Prior to that match, the Juniors manager M. Russo faced defeat when travelling to Barcelona and losing 0-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting River Plate in just four days.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Boca Juniors - Santos 2-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Santos victory, one draw and one Boca Juniors win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Villa Cano 4 goals | C. Izquierdoz 3 goals |  G. Maroni 3 goals |
Santos missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Santos | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 23% | 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 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 35% | 37% | 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 | Barcelona | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | The Strongest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -10 | 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 | Mirassol | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 3 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 4 | Sao Caetano | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -18 | 3 |