Copa Sudamericana betting and spectator preview: Cuiabá and Melgar meet at Arena Pantanal to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Melgar have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Cuiabá and Melgar should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cuiabá form and stats
A nice win for Cuiabá last time playing, versus Uniao Rondonopolis. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0.
Before that match, a Matogrossense win away at Uniao Rondonopolis.Melgar form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, Melgar have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primera Division this season.
Melgar go into this game after a win, the home game against Carlos Stein that ended 3-0. Defender Ramos was the best team player with a rating of 8.31. Ramos scored one goal, hit four key passes and won 1 of 3 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Academia Cantolao at their stadium, the result 1-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Melgar manager Lorenzo as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Universidad San Martin.
It's early days yet, but Melgar has scored 4 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Cuesta 3 goals | E. Ramos Castillo 1 goals |  J. Vidales Lature 1 goals |
Cuiabá missing players
Melgar missing players
| Cuiabá | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 45 | 29 | Scored | S | 21 | 42 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.8 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cuiabá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Melgar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Racing Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | River Plate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Cuiabá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Melgar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Racing Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | River Plate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Deportivo Binacional | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Deportivo Municipal | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Alianza Atletico | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Cienciano | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Sport Huancayo | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Universitario | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | Melgar | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Sporting Cristal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Cesar Vallejo | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Ayacucho | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Atletico Grau | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | ADT | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | UTC Cajamarca | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Carlos Manucci | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | Carlos Stein | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 17 | Sport Boys | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Academia Cantolao | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 4 |
| 19 | Universidad San Martin | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -15 | 3 |
