This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Universitario at Estadio Monumental when the Copa Sudamericana tournament arrives in town and Santa Fe with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Santa Fe have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Universitario form and stats
6-0-1 is the performance here at Estadio Monumental so far in the Primera Division, giving Universitario a total of 18 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results!
Nothing to worry about in defence for Universitario, as their goalkeeper Jose Aurelio Carvallo Alonso has completely shut out the opponents for 261 minutes in the Primera Division.
Happy days for Universitario in their previous game, a fixture away at Sport Boys that ended with a 3-0 victory. What a game it was for Valera when beating Sport Boys, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Attacking player Valera outshone all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 9.4 out of 10. Valera scored three goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match, Universitario won a home game hosting Sporting Cristal (2-0).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 Universitario have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The Universitario manager Lurachi has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. Universitario are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Monumental in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Santa Fe form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Fe so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
Santa Fe won their last game, 2-0 versus Deportes Tolima played at home. Rodallega, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Rodallega scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
Prior to that match, the Santa manager Roa faced defeat when travelling to Rionegro Aguilas and losing 1-3.We have checked recent matches where Santa Fe have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Santa manager Roa as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Millonarios.
Santa Fe have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Santa Fe struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Valera Sandoval 5 goals |  E. Herrera 4 goals |  L. Urruti Giménez 4 goals |
Universitario missing players
Santa Fe missing players
| Universitario | Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 28 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 24 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 28% | ||
| 9.6 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitario | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Goiás | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Gimnasia La Plata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Universitario | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Carlos Mannucci | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Garcilaso | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Cesar Vallejo | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Sporting Cristal | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Deportivo Municipal | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Atletico Grau | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Cienciano | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Alianza Atletico | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | ADT | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Sport Huancayo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | UTC Cajamarca | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Union Comercio | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Melgar | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 17 | Deportivo Binacional | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 18 | Sport Boys | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 8 |
| 19 | Academia Cantolao | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 21 | -24 | 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 | Rionegro Aguilas | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | America de Cali | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Boyaca Chico | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Alianza Petrolera | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Atletico Nacional | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Junior | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Santa Fe | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Deportivo Pasto | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Independiente Medellin | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | La Equidad | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Envigado | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Deportes Tolima | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Deportivo Pereira | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Atletico Huila | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Deportivo Cali | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Union Magdalena | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 19 | Atletico Bucaramanga | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 20 | Once Caldas | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
