National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Universidad Católica or Sol de América that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Sol de América have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Universidad Católica form and stats
Universidad Católica have not come this way in the Copa Sudamericana without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sol de América. Universidad was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Copa Sudamericana.19 points is a decent return from 8 Primera Division games here at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo for Universidad Católica. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Universidad's last game was hosting La Serena and winning 3-0. A 0-0 draw away in the Copa Sudamericana before that, with Sol de América the opponent.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Universidad home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager A. Holan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Palestino in only three days.
Universidad are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (20 goals in 8 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Universidad have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sol de América form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Universidad Católica and Goias in order to reach 2nd Round of Copa Sudamericana. They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the 2nd round, when Botafogo drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1. When we have look at the Copa Sudamericana statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
Sol de América's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Guairena that finished 1-1. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Universidad Católica.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where América played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
A quick return to home after this game, as América are hosting Olimpia in the Division 1 only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sol de América has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sol de América - Universidad 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  L. Aued 10 goals |  F. Zampedri 7 goals | E. Puch Cortés 5 goals |
Universidad Católica missing players
Sol de América missing players
| Universidad Católica | Sol de América | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 28 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 279 | 159 | Total Shots | T S | 90 | 209 | ||
| 130 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 78 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universidad Católica | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Union La Calera | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Union Espanola | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Antofagasta | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Universidad Chile | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Huachipato | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 7 | Curico Unido | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Everton | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Cobresal | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Univ. Concepcion | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Audax Italiano | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Deportes Iquique | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Santiago Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 14 | Palestino | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Coquimbo Unido | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | O'Higgins | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Colo-Colo | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | La Serena | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cerro Porteno | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Sol de América | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 12 de Octubre | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Sportivo Luqueño | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Olimpia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Guairena | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Libertad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Nacional Asuncion | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | River Plate | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Guaraní | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | General Díaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |