Copa Sudamericana betting and spectator preview: Unión Santa Fe and Fluminense meet at Estadio 15 de Abril to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's quite the trip for Fluminense when visiting Unión as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 8th finals against Bahia.No payout for Unión Santa Fe in their previous match, an away game at Argentinos Juniors that ended in defeat 1-2. Unión Santa Fe's goalkeeper Mele was extremely busy against Argentinos Juniors, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning ten saves.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Unión have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Fluminense form and stats
Things could have gone better for Fluminense in their Serie A away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from Cano (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Atletico PR in their previous game. Cano has bagged at least one goal for this side three matches in a row. The competence! Attacker Cano got a player rating of 8.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Cano scored two goals and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
hometeam won Fluminense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Fortaleza.
Fluminense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Fluminense have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result Fluminense - Unión 0-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  G. Cano 3 goals |   J. Alvez Sagar 2 goals | M. Gallegos Panozzo 2 goals |
Unión Santa Fe missing players
Fluminense missing players
| Unión Santa Fe | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 8.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Junior | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Unión Santa Fe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Oriente Petrolero | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Junior | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Unión Santa Fe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Oriente Petrolero | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
| 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 |
