Nacional (home)
- Nacional are 4th with 5 points.
- Nacional are unbeaten at home in this season’s Libertadores, winning 1 and drawing 1 of their 2 matches so far.
- Their recent games included a 3-0 away defeat to Deportes Tolima, a 4-0 home win over Club Atletico Cerro and a 0-0 home draw with Universitario de Deportes.
Coquimbo Unido (away)
- Coquimbo Unido lead Copa Libertadores Group B with 10 points from 5 matches.
- Coquimbo has won 1 and lost 1 of their 2 away matches in the group, scoring 1.00 goals per match and conceding 1.50 goals per match.
- Hernan Caputto has brought a lot of tactical organisation to the Black and White since taking over in January.
- He has brought a direct, transition game to them and they make good use of the width of the field and long balls to feed their physical forward.
Key Players
- Nicolás Lodeiro controls the midfield and sets up attacks and set pieces.
- In Maximiliano Gomez, Nacional have a chief attacking threat that has scored two Libertadores goals in five appearances so far and scored three of their last seven in all competitions.
- Lucas Pratto is not the best passer or dribbler, but he will outmuscle a defender to hold up play and then be a target for the cross or long ball.
- Guido Vadala has hit 4 in his last 5 in all competitions.
Betting Insights
- Coquimbo are a much better team than Nacional and are the away side, so odds of 4.62 are on the generous side for this group decider.
- With Nacional’s controlled build-up play against Coquimbo’s transition game, this should be a battle of styles with the visitors looking to stretch Nacional on the counter-attack.
- That’s why I am taking Over 2.5 goals as the both teams will try to score and Coquimbo’s defensive organisation should prevent Nacional from scoring at all.
Prediction
Coquimbo will be able to take the game to Nacional on Wednesday with a result that could put them through to the next round.
