The league table is allowed to rest as Vélez Sarsfield and Universidad Católica battle for Copa Sudamericana honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Superliga match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Patronato.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
3W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Sudamericana for Vélez Sarsfield.
In the game before, an away victory in the Copa Sudamericana match versus Deportivo Cali with a 5-1 scoreline.
Universidad Católica form and stats
Universidad's mission in Copa Sudamericana last season failed in the 2nd round.Universidad Católica's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Universidad Católica collect 20 points from their 10 away matches in the Primera Division. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Sudamericana stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Universidad Católica are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus River Plate at their stadium, the result 2-1.
The Universidad Católica manager A. Holan has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 10 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Universidad Católica in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Sarsfield wins - draws - Universidad Católica wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Zampedri 13 goals |  L. Aued 11 goals | E. Puch Cortés 5 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
Universidad Católica missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | Universidad Católica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Scored | S | 17 | 45 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 28% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 27 | 45 |
| 2 | Union La Calera | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 45 |
| 3 | Union Espanola | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 40 |
| 4 | Curico Unido | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 37 |
| 5 | Antofagasta | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Universidad Chile | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Huachipato | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Univ. Concepcion | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Audax Italiano | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Everton | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Santiago Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 25 |
| 12 | Cobresal | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 24 |
| 13 | Palestino | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Coquimbo Unido | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 23 |
| 15 | Deportes Iquique | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 23 |
| 16 | O'Higgins | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | -7 | 22 |
| 17 | La Serena | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Colo-Colo | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 18 |