International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Melgar and Racing Club are looking forward to this Copa Sudamericana fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Racing Club have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Superliga.
Melgar form and stats
Last season, Melgar's Copa Sudamericana journey ended in the group stage.Melgar have played 4 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Melgar are returning here after visiting Deportivo Municipal and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Cuesta, Quevedo and Guedes scored the goal(s). Cuesta has scored in three matches in a row. Skilful! Vidales (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Vidales hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Previous to that game, a Primera Division home match hosting Cesar Vallejo in a game that was won 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Melgar, as the Primera Division home game vs Cienciano is only three days away.
The Melgar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches.
Racing Club form and stats
Racing Club played 0-0 against Newell's Old Boys in their previous match. Gómez had red hot gloves after the game against Newell's Old Boys, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Goalkeeper Gómez got the top player rating of the team with 8.6/10. Gómez topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Patronato.A new game in only three days for Racing, the Superliga home match versus Banfield. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Copetti 6 goals |  B. Cuesta 5 goals |  M. Correa 4 goals |
Melgar missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Melgar | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 13.1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Racing Club | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Cuiabá | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Melgar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | River Plate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sport Huancayo | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Deportivo Binacional | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Alianza Atletico | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Cienciano | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 5 | Deportivo Municipal | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Melgar | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Sporting Cristal | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Universitario | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Atletico Grau | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Alianza Lima | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 11 | Cesar Vallejo | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | ADT | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Ayacucho | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Sport Boys | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | UTC Cajamarca | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Carlos Stein | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 17 | Carlos Manucci | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Universidad San Martin | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 5 |
