International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Gimnasia La Plata and Goiás are looking forward to this Copa Sudamericana fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Goiás have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie A game only four days ago. That game, against Internacional, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Goiás.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
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The spoils were shared in Gimnasia's previous game, also at home. Visiting Tigre travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The Gimnasia La Plata goalkeeper Durso was crucial in the match against Tigre last time out, making seven saves. Melluso was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.13 out of 10. The defender Melluso hit two key passes and won 11 of 14 duels.
In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Argentinos Juniors.The manager Romero will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Arsenal de Sarandi in only four days.
Goiás form and stats
It's not happening yet for Goiás on their Serie A travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Goiás are travelling again after losing away to Internacional in their previous match (0-1). Goiás goalkeeper Tadeu was glad for a great day's work against Internacional, but even with registering seven saves the defeat could not be helped.
Before that, Goiás secured a home win against Corinthians with the score 3-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Palmeiras in just three days.
{0 goals} so far away for Goiás, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lescano 3 goals | C. Tarragona 2 goals | I. Mammini 2 goals |
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
Goiás missing players
| Gimnasia La Plata | Goiás | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11.1 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | ||
| 12.6 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitario | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Goiás | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Gimnasia La Plata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Universitario | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Goiás | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Gimnasia La Plata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
