Independiente Medellín and San Lorenzo will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Copa Sudamericana Round of 32 battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Superliga game only four days ago.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the group stage.The followers hope that Independiente Medellín will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Copa Libertadores fixture against Internacional. Pons, a natural forward, was the highest rated player for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 7.3 (out of 10). Pons scored one goal.
Heartbreak before that as Independiente lost 1-2 at Millonarios's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Independiente Medellín have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as La Equidad are coming to town in three days.
San Lorenzo form and stats
San Lorenzo's last game was the home draw against River Plate (0-0). Midfielder Elias was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Elias hit one key pass and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Racing Club.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Lorenzo in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for San Lorenzo, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the San Lorenzo manager Insúa as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Belgrano.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bareiro Gamarra 5 goals |  A. Vombergar 5 goals | J. Elías 2 goals |
Independiente Medellín missing players
San Lorenzo missing players
| Independiente Medellín | San Lorenzo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 12 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 48% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13.7 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | ||
| 13.3 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | ||
