Cuiabá have traveled here for an interesting Copa Sudamericana fight against Melgar. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The hosts Melgar saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Primera Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ayacucho.
Melgar form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the group stage.This stadium, Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín, has been a fortress for Melgar in the Primera Division so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-0.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jorge Denilson Cabezudo Ormeno not having conceded a league goal in 421 minutes.
It's back home for Melgar, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ayacucho away with the result 1-0. Iberico found the net in that victory. Manager Lorenzo felt very clever after Iberico scored the winning goal against Ayacucho, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 69th minute. The attacker Quevedo was declared "man of the match" for Melgar with a rating of 7.31/10. Quevedo served one assist and hit two key passes.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primera Division game versus Universitario in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín.
The Melgar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches.
Cuiabá form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Cuiabá's last game was the home draw against Internacional (1-1). Valdívia got a match rating of 7.95 in that game, top player of the team. Valdívia scored one goal and hit one key pass.
hometeam won
A quick return to home after this game, as Cuiabá are hosting Atletico PR in the Serie A only three days away.
Cuiabá's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Melgar and Cuiabá have faced off before this season: Cuiabá - Melgar 2-0. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Elton with 2 goals scored against Melgar in these 1 games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Cuesta 6 goals | M. Pérez Guedes 3 goals | L. Iberico Robalino 2 goals |
Melgar missing players
Cuiabá missing players
| Melgar | Cuiabá | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 17 | 42 | ||
| 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 15 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.9 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 41% | ||
| 9.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Racing Club | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Melgar | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Cuiabá | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 4 | River Plate | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melgar | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Alianza Atletico | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | Sport Huancayo | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | Sporting Cristal | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Cienciano | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Universitario | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 8 | Deportivo Binacional | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Deportivo Municipal | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Atletico Grau | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Cesar Vallejo | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Sport Boys | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | ADT | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Carlos Manucci | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Carlos Stein | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Ayacucho | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martin | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -14 | 11 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 9 |
| 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 |
