Perhaps a welcome break from league football as São Paulo & Lanús face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Sudamericana. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Lanús have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
São Paulo form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Copa Sudamericana for Paulo, as the manager F. Diniz Silva led his troops to eliminate Lanús, and reach the 2nd Round.São Paulo have performed here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo this season with 5 wins from 8 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.
A strong away win for Paulo against Flamengo the last match, as Tchê Tchê, Reinaldo, Brenner and Luciano were on target. A Copa Sudamericana defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Lanús.
São Paulo goalkeeper Tiago Volpi did an outstanding job against Flamengo with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Goias in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo.
A decent goal production from São Paulo in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. São Paulo have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Lanús form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated São Paulo and Universidad Catolica in order to reach 2nd Round of Copa Sudamericana. Lanús was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the 2nd round last season, when Junior turned out to be too strong.When we have look at the Copa Sudamericana statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
The manager L. Zubeldía was unhappy after their last game, a Superliga match played at their home ground Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez. Lanús suffered a 1-2 loss to Boca Juniors. Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against São Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lanús - Paulo 3-2 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Rocha Neves 6 goals |  B. Souza da Silva 5 goals |  R. da Silva 4 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Lanús missing players
| São Paulo | Lanús | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 35 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 385 | 201 | Total Shots | T S | 119 | 261 | ||
| 144 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 99 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Santos | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Sport Recife | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Gremio | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceará | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Atlético GO | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Bahia | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Bragantino | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 19 | Atletico PR | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 20 | Goias | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 12 |