International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Santos and Unión La Calera are looking forward to this Copa Sudamericana fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Unión La Calera have to travel 3200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
These are hustling days for the home side, as they had a match only three days ago in the Serie A. That game was an away game at Goiás, so at least Santos are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Santos form and stats
Last season, Santos's Copa Sudamericana journey ended in the quarter-finals against Libertad.Perfect Serie A season at home so far for Santos 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Santos faced defeat in their previous match, away at Goiás (0-1). Maicon was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Maicon won 5 of 6 duels.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Santos, as the Serie A home game vs Ceara is only three days away.
Santos have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Unión La Calera form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 8th finals.There's been little loot from Unión La Calera's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Primera Division. Unión La Calera only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
There might be some fixture complaints from Unión La Calera as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-3 against Universidad Católica.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Audax Italiano in the Primera Division.A quick return to home after this game, as Calera are hosting La Serena in the Primera Division only three days away.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Unión La Calera's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 6 matches. Unión La Calera have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Unión La Calera - Santos 1-1.Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 3 goals |   J. Sáez 3 goals |  V. de Souza Zanocelo 2 goals |
Santos missing players
Unión La Calera missing players
| Santos | Unión La Calera | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10.7 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 23% | ||
| 14.4 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Unión La Calera | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Santos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Universidad Catolica | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Banfield | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Corinthians | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Botafogo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Santos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Coritiba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Avai | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Bragantino | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | America Mineiro | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Internacional | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Goiás | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Cuiaba | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Flamengo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Juventude | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Atletico PR | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Ceara | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Atlético GO | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Nublense | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Union Espanola | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Curico Unido | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 22 |
| 5 | Cobresal | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Huachipato | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | O'Higgins | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Everton | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Palestino | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
| 10 | Universidad Católica | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Universidad Chile | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Audax Italiano | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Coquimbo Unido | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Unión La Calera | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Antofagasta | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | La Serena | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 10 |
