General Caballero JLM and Independiente get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Sudamericana Group Stage fixture.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
General Caballero JLM form and stats
With {1 Division 1 wins}, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, General Caballero JLM are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The General Caballero JLM club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco: A 0-1 defeat against Libertad.
Erik lost again
The manager Theiler will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tacuary in only four days.
Caballero aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games.
Independiente form and stats
Independiente's mission in Copa Sudamericana last season failed in the 8th finals against Santos.Independiente lost away at Lanus (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Independiente were so close to getting something from the game against Lanus, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. Midfielder Togni was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.4. Togni hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
hometeam won
A new game in only four days for Independiente, the Superliga home match versus Huracan. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
The latest H2H encounter ended Independiente - Caballero 2-0, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  S. Salcedo González 3 goals | J. Marabel Jara 3 goals |  T. Pozzo 3 goals |
General Caballero JLM missing players
Independiente missing players
| General Caballero JLM | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 26% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 10.7 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ceará | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Independiente | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Deportivo La Guaira | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 4 | General Caballero JLM | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 32 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Resistencia | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Sol de America | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 17 |
| 7 | Tacuary | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 8 | Guarani | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Guairena | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | 12 de Octubre | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 12 |
| 11 | General Caballero JLM | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Sportivo Ameliano | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 9 |
