Aucas have traveled here for an interesting Copa Sudamericana fight against Athletico PR. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's no vacation for neither Athletico nor Aucas 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.
Aucas have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 6200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Athletico PR form and stats
On the other hand, in the Copa Sudamericana, Athletico PR has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
A strong away win for Athletico against Parana the last match, as Matheus Babi and Léo Cittadini were on target.
Previous to that game, a Copa Sudamericana home match hosting Melgar in a game that was won 1-0.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 Athletico home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Athletico as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. America Mineiro are visiting.
Aucas form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the 1st round.Total Copa Sudamericana statistics for Aucas: 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Aucas go into this game after a win, the home game against Deportivo Cuenca that ended 2-0.
Before that, Aucas secured a home win against Metropolitanos with the score 3-0.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Aucas played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aucas manager H. Bidoglio as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Macara.
Head 2 Head
Aucas - Athletico PR 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  J. Quiñónez Ruiz 7 goals |  F. Fydriszewski 5 goals |  V. Figueroa 3 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Aucas missing players
| Athletico PR | Aucas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 23 | 48 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athletico PR | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Melgar | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Aucas | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Metropolitanos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |