There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana Quarter-finals meeting between Libertad and Santos. Game on!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Libertad and Santos.
Santos have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Libertad form and stats
Libertad have played three Division 1 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. On the other hand, in the Copa Sudamericana, Libertad has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Three draws in a row here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco for Libertad, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Libertad, who played 3-3 against 12 de Octubre. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Defensores del Chaco). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
A Copa Sudamericana defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Santos.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 Libertad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost two.
The manager D. Garnero will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Guarani in only four days.
Libertad has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Santos form and stats
Santos have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-3-4 (8 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Sudamericana stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Santos are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Fortaleza. Midfielder Carlos Sánchez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.3. Sánchez scored one goal.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Libertad in the Copa Sudamericana.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santos playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Santos wins, two draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Internacional in just three days.
Santos have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Santos struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the participants played each other earlier this season; Santos - Libertad 2-1.Top Goalscorers
  O. Cardozo Marín 11 goals |  C. Báez 4 goals | J. Enciso 4 goals |
Libertad missing players
Santos missing players
| Libertad | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 37% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guarani | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | River Plate | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteno | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Sol de America | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Sportivo Luqueno | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 7 | Guairena | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Libertad | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Olimpia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 10 | 12 de Octubre | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | Athletico PR | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Atletico GO | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Ceara | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Internacional | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Juventude | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Bahia | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Sao Paulo | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Fluminense | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Gremio | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 4 |