It's game one of two in the Copa Sudamericana as Nacional host Unión Santa Fe. This is a Round of 16 fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nacional form and stats
Nacional was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Copa Sudamericana. Penarol was too strong.A strong away win for Nacional against Danubio the last match, as Rodríguez were on target.
Previous to that game, a Primera Division home match hosting River Plate in a game that was won 3-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Nacional perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nacional as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Nacional has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Nacional, as the Primera Division home game vs Plaza Colonia is only three days away.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Nacional friendly games in pre-season: Nacional played three friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Nacional scored 3 goals and conceded 3 in these three games.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 8th finals against Bahia.It's the second away game in a row for Unión, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Boca Juniors last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Vera when Troyansky scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute. Midfield player Nardoni was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Nardoni dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The game before that, in the Superliga, was lost at home, a 1-5 defeat against River Plate.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Unión Santa Fe playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 3 Unión Santa Fe wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: seven wins for Nacional, two draws and one win for Unión Santa Fe. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Alvez Sagar 5 goals |   E. Gigliotti 4 goals |  F. Carballo Ares 4 goals |
Nacional missing players
Unión Santa Fe missing players
| Nacional | Unión Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 29 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | ||
