This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Independiente at Estadio Libertadores de América when the Copa Sudamericana tournament arrives in town and Ceará with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It's quite the trip for Ceará when visiting Independiente as the cities are 4900 kilometers apart.
The visiting Ceará played their last game only four days ago, a Serie A match. That game, against Santos, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ceará.
Independiente form and stats
Independiente participated in Copa Sudamericana the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Santos.Independiente's previous fixture was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Deportivo La Guaira. The home side hope to to build on that result.
Ahead of that match, Independiente won a home game hosting Huracan (3-0).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Independiente matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).
Ceará form and stats
Ceará's mission in Copa Sudamericana last season failed in the group stage.Ceará are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Santos in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Messias was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Messias won 3 of 6 duels.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Sao Paulo.
It's early days yet, but Ceará has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also played each other before this match year: Ceará - Independiente 2-1.Top Goalscorers
  T. Pozzo 3 goals | L. Benegas 3 goals | A. Soñora 2 goals |
Independiente missing players
Ceará missing players
| Independiente | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Scored | S | 15 | 43 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| 8.9 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 | Ceará | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
| 2 | Independiente | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Deportivo La Guaira | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -11 | 1 |
| 4 | General Caballero JLM | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -14 | 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 | Corinthians | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Botafogo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Santos | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Coritiba | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | America Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Internacional | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Avai | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Atletico PR | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Goiás | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Cuiabá | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Atletico GO | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Juventude | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Ceará | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
