International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Rosario Central and San Lorenzo are looking forward to this Copa Sudamericana fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
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.
Rosario Central form and stats
Last season, Rosario's Copa Sudamericana journey ended in the 1st round against Sao Paulo.Prior to that was the away defeat visiting 12 de Octubre (0-1).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Newell's Old Boys are coming to town in three days.
Rosario Central have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Rosario Central scored 0 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.
San Lorenzo form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Nacional drew the shortest straw.Lorenzo have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Lorenzo play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting River Plate. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Huachipato.
After this away game San Lorenzo return home for a Superliga game against Godoy Cruz. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Rosario, three draws and three wins for San Lorenzo. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Di Santo 4 goals |   D. Martínez 2 goals | L. Gamba 2 goals |
Rosario Central missing players
San Lorenzo missing players
| Rosario Central | San Lorenzo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 25 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Conceded | C | 13 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 12 de Octubre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Huachipato | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Rosario Central | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |