The first leg ended Libertad-Fortaleza 0-1. All is set for the decider in this Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 fixture!
Libertad have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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.
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza have collected 15 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-3-2.
Lucero was the last player to score a league goal for Fortaleza and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Fortaleza haven't scored in 225 minutes.
Fortaleza are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Goias. Defender Brítez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.6/10. Brítez hit three key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that, a nice away win at Libertad. A Copa Sudamericana match. 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 Fortaleza have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
The Fortaleza fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Fortaleza have conceded only 8 goals.
Libertad form and stats
Libertad are yet to lose a point on their Division 1 travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Libertad goalkeeper Martin Andres Silva Leites is eager to challenge this, with his 217 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Libertad's last game was the home draw against General Caballero JLM (0-0).
The fixture before was the Copa Sudamericana-duel against Fortaleza, a home defeat (0-1).
The schedule is very tough for Libertad now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Division 1 game at Resistencia is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Libertad has managed {5 goals} and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Libertad - Fortaleza 0-1 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Cardozo Marín 13 goals |  H. Villalba 8 goals |  L. Melgarejo Sanabria 7 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Libertad missing players
| Fortaleza | Libertad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13.8 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| 13.2 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Gremio | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Bragantino | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Internacional | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 12 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Atletico Mineiro | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Goias | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Santos | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Bahia | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 14 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 10 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Resistencia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | General Caballero JLM | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Tacuary | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Guarani | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Nacional Asuncion | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Guairena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Sportivo Trinidense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Sportivo Ameliano | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Sportivo Luqueno | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 12 | Olimpia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
