There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana Quarter-finals meeting between São Paulo and LDU Quito. Game on!
It's quite the trip for LDU Quito when visiting Paulo as the cities are 6200 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for São Paulo and LDU Quito.
São Paulo form and stats
São Paulo was eliminated in the final last season in the Copa Sudamericana.São Paulo have performed here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo this season with 7 wins from 11 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
In their previous game, the manager Júnior led his Paulo to a defeat away at América Mineiro. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Pato for missing a penalty kick versus América Mineiro in the 81st minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Moura, a natural forward, was the champion player for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.31 (out of 10). Moura hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against LDU Quito in the Copa Sudamericana. São Paulo are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 10 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 4 and lost 0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Paulo, as the Serie A home game vs Coritiba is only three days away.
São Paulo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo with 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. São Paulo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
LDU Quito form and stats
Quito was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the group stage last season.LDU Quito play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Gualaceo.
Before that, the victory at home against São Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana (2-1).
A quick return to home after this game, as Quito are hosting Guayaquil City in the Liga Pro only four days away.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other previously this match year: LDU Quito - São Paulo 2-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Paulo victory, zero draws and two LDU Quito wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less. Julio loves to face São Paulo and have scored 3 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Alvarado Carriel 9 goals |   J. Calleri 6 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 4 goals |
São Paulo missing players
LDU Quito missing players
| São Paulo | LDU Quito | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.4 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 16.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Gremio | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Internacional | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Goiás | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Bahia | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 17 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
