It's game one of two in the Copa Sudamericana as Independiente del Valle host Bragantino. This is a 8th Finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's no vacation for neither Independiente nor Bragantino as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Bragantino, who are travelling more than 6200 kilometers to play this game.
Independiente del Valle form and stats
The Independiente fans got no joy from their last match, a Liga Pro game also here at Estadio General Rumiñahui del Valle de Los Chillos: A 2-3 defeat against Universidad Catolica. The defeat against Universidad Catolica was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by L. Alzugaray).
Before that, Independiente played out a Liga Pro draw 0-0 when visiting Emelec.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Independiente del Valle's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn one and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Independiente del Valle as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga Pro match thankfully also at home. Deportivo Cuenca are visiting.
Bragantino form and stats
The strength of Bragantino on their travels this season is incredible with 16 points collected from 6 Serie A away games. Bragantino has 5-1-0 on the road, with 13 goals scored and 6 conceded. When we have look at the Copa Sudamericana statistics, we find 4W-0D-2L. This is both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Bragantino who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Palmeiras.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Athletico PR in their previous outing. The Serie A match ended in a draw 2-2. Lucas Evangelista got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Evangelista served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times. As mentioned above, Bragantino drew the match against Athletico PR. Manager M. Nogueira Barbieri brought on Ytalo to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Cuiaba in the Serie A.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bragantino when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning one game.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Santos in just four days.
The Bragantino manager M. Nogueira Barbieri has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. Bragantino have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Faravelli 5 goals | C. Ortiz 5 goals |  B. Montenegro Benítez 5 goals |
Independiente del Valle missing players
Bragantino missing players
| Independiente del Valle | Bragantino | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 45 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Athletico PR | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Bahia | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Santos | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Ceara | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Flamengo | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Juventude | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | São Paulo | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Internacional | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | América Mineiro | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Grêmio | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 3 |