Barcelona Guayaquil vs Cerro Porteño: A place in the Copa Sudamericana

Barcelona Guayaquil and Cerro Porteño will face each other on June 30th at 02:00 AM (CEST) at Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha in Guayaquil. Both teams are unable to qualify for the next phase of the Copa Libertadores and will play for the third position, which is valid for the knockout stage of the Copa Sudamericana.

Currently, Barcelona Guayaquil and Cerro Porteño are both at 3 points, occupying the 3rd and 4th positions respectively in Group C.

Barcelona Guayaquil:
In the last match, they lost against Universidad Católica with a score of 1-2.
In this Copa Libertadores season, they have won 1 match and lost 4 matches.
They have scored an average of 1 goal per match and conceded 2 goals.
They have not drawn in the last 12 home matches, and in the last 8 home matches, at least 1.5 goals have been scored. They have conceded at least 1 goal in the last 7 matches played in their stadium.
Barcelona Guayaquil has lost 5 of their last 6 matches.

Cerro Porteño:
In the last match, Cerro Porteño drew against Tacuary with a score of 2-2.
In this Copa Libertadores season, they have won 1 match and lost 4 matches.
They have scored an average of 0.89 goals per match and conceded 1.44 goals.
In the last 15 matches of Cerro Porteño, at least 1.5 goals and at least 1 goal in the first half have been scored.
They have conceded at least 2 goals in the last 4 matches played in Copa Libertadores, and they have scored at least 1 goal in 14 of their last 16 away matches in all competitions.
In the last 6 matches in Copa Libertadores, more than 2.5 goals have been scored.

Head-to-head:
In the last direct encounter on April 6th, 2023, Cerro Porteño defeated Barcelona Guayaquil at home with a score of 2-1.
In the last 3 matches between Barcelona Guayaquil and Cerro Porteño, Barcelona Guayaquil has won 2 times, Cerro Porteño has won 1 time, and there have been no draws. Barcelona Guayaquil has scored an average of 2.0 goals per match, while Cerro Porteño has scored an average of 0.7 goals per match.

Possible Lineups:

Barcelona Guayaquil
Mendoza; Pineida, Rodriquez, Sosa, Portocerrero; Gaibor, Leonai; Ortiz, Diaz, Corozo; Fydriszewski

Cerro Porteño
Jean; Espinola, Alvarez, Da Motta, Baez; Bobadilla, Lucena, Viera; Carrizo, Churin, Aquino



We predict a victory for Barcelona Guayaquil and a result of Over 1.5 goals.