This Wednesday, Emelec will go for a ticket to the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana-2023 at the expense of the Peruvian Sporting Cristal, which it defeated 1-0 last week in Lima.

El Bombillo – in addition – is defending against a Peruvian team that is undefeated at home in Conmebol competitions.

Electricians have a streak of six games without defeat at home, where they conceded only four goals, and on two occasions they kept an unbeaten streak.

Only in the edition of Sudamericana 2023 did Emelec lose a match, against Danubio in the city of Montevideo, during the first day of the group stage.

He won the first game Tassels 2-0, and in the second game Bombillo won 2-1.

Tonight, even with a draw, Emelec would have won the round of 16 of the tournament.

Cristal, meanwhile, will need to come back from a two-goal deficit to qualify for the play-off stage where they were knocked out in third place in the Copa Libertadores group stage.

Emelec, who were runners-up in Group E Sudamericana, will try to start the second half of the year by advancing to the round of 16, after an irregular campaign, both in Sudamericana and in Ecuador’s Liga Pro Serie A, where they finished last in the first phase.

The blue team has shown signs of improvement in recent games, since being led by Colombian coach Hernán Torres.

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