As part of the second leg of the 1/8 finals of the South American Cup, the players of Sao Paulo and Universidad Catolica Chile will come face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this confrontation? LiveResult.Ru evaluates the opponents' chances of success.
"Sao Paulo"
"Sao Paulo" performs at a very solid level in the Brazilian championship. The team has 22 points to its credit, being on the 7th line in the Serie A standings. It is worth noting that Sao Paulo has 5 wins and 7 draws. In recent meetings, the Brazilian grand has won. He managed to win both in the Brazilian championship match, where he beat Atletico Goiense, and in the South American Cup, where they defeated Universidad with a result of 4:2. It is obvious that in the upcoming meeting the home team will be the favorite of the game.
Universidad Catolica Santiago
In the championship of Chile, Universidad is on the 8th line in the standings. After 16 rounds, the team was able to get 22 points. The gap from "Colo Colo" is 8 points, so in theory, the visiting team can still join the fight for the first place, but it will be extremely difficult to do this, given the competition. In the first meeting of the 1/8 finals of the South American Cup, Universidad unsuccessfully played against Sao Paulo, losing to the opponent with a score of 2:4.
Statistics and figures:
- "Sao Paulo" - the favorite of the meeting;
- Sao Paulo has a 4-match unbeaten streak;
- Universidad has 4 wins in 5 games;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the rivals ended with a score of 4:2 in favor of Sao Paulo.
Forecast
In the first meeting, the Brazilian grandee looked very worthy against the opponent. I am sure that in today's game "Sao Paulo" will show its best game and will be able, as a week ago, to win a confident victory over the opponent.
