Get ready for the return leg of the Copa Sudamericana Semi-finals between Athletico PR and Peñarol. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Athletico and Peñarol.
It's quite the trip for Peñarol when visiting Athletico as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Athletico PR form and stats
6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Athletico PR so far this season. This match is a Copa Sudamericana match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 9 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition. Two home wins in a row for Athletico PR bring valid hopes of a third.
Athletico's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Gremio. The home side are looking to build on that result. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The forward Renato Kayzer was declared "man of the match" for Athletico PR with the rating of 9.42/10. Kayzer scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Peñarol and winning 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Athletico have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won ten times, drawn three and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletico as they are travelling to their away game against Flamengo in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Athletico have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena da Baixada with 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Athletico PR's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Peñarol form and stats
Peñarol was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the 2nd round last season.Peñarol are yet to lose a point on their Primera Division travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Sudamericana stats, they have 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses both home and away. Momentum is building for Peñarol in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
It's the second away game in a row for Peñarol, but there's smiles all around after the 5-2 victory versus Boston River in the Primera Division last time out. As you can tell from the result, the match against Boston River was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 1-2 loss hosting Athletico PR before that.Peñarol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and one defeat. From a total of three matches.
After this away game Peñarol return home for a Primera Division game against Wanderers. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Peñarol have the goal stats of 7-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other earlier on this match year: Peñarol - Athletico 1-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: four - zero - one (Athletico PR wins - draws - Peñarol wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Álvarez Martínez 10 goals |  P. Ceppelini Gatto 5 goals |  R. de Souza 4 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Peñarol missing players
| Athletico PR | Peñarol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 46 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Internacional | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Athletico PR | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Ceara | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Atletico GO | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Juventude | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | America Mineiro | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 16 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 17 | Bahia | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Gremio | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -18 | 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 | Wanderers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Peñarol | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Cerro Largo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Fenix | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Torque | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Plaza Colonia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Nacional | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Cerrito | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Progreso | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Deportivo Maldonado | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | River Plate | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Sud America | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Boston River | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | Villa Espanola | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Rentistas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 0 |