It's game one of two in the Copa Sudamericana as Santos host Libertad. This is a Quarter-finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
The hosts Santos saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie A. This match was also played here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Libertad have had more rest.
These teams have little in common geographically as Libertad have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Santos form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Santos are 4-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).
The Santos goalkeeper Joao Paulo Silva Martins is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 250 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
Santos drew their last game, also a home match. Corinthians was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Goalkeeper João Paulo got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.84 out of ten. Paulo stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A Copa do Brasil defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Juazeirense.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Santos's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn two and lost zero.
The manager F. Diniz Silva will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fortaleza in only three days.
The Santos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Defensively Santos have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Libertad form and stats
The Division 1 season is young and Libertad have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Sudamericana stats, they have 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.
Libertad play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Nacional Asuncion.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sol de America.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Libertad playing away, we found three games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and one home win.
1 goal so far away for Libertad, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Cardozo Marín 10 goals |   M. Santos Costa 4 goals |  M. de Almeida Santos Matos 4 goals |
Santos missing players
Libertad missing players
| Santos | Libertad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 26 | 42 | ||
| 24 | 3 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.9 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Ceará | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Santos | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Atlético GO | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Bahia | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Internacional | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Fluminense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Juventude | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 19 | Gremio | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 4 |
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | River Plate | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Sportivo Luqueno | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Sol de America | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 5 | Cerro Porteno | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Guairena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Libertad | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Olimpia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 10 | 12 de Octubre | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 |