In the continuation of phase 3 of the Copa Libertadores, a playoff that will define the four teams that will access the group round, this Wednesday, March 9, there will be two games.
The Brazilian Fluminense will open the series in Rio de Janeiro against the Paraguayan Olimpia who has just eliminated Atlético Nacional de Medellín. Actually, both teams dispatched the Colombian Millonarios and Nacional in the previous stage.
Both were already rivals in the quarterfinals of the 2013 edition, when the Paraguayans advanced to the semifinals with a 2-1 aggregate score, coincidentally against the team led by Abel Braga, today back in the ‘Flu’.
Fluminense jumps as the favorite on their field by accumulating 7 games without falling in Libertadores with a record of 5 wins and 2 draws and obtained a perfect score in the second phase against Millonarios (1-2 and 2-0).
Olimpia remains undefeated (3PG-1PE) and is the team with the most shots in this edition (79).
According to Data Factory, the Dean of Paraguayan soccer has only won 2 of the 29 duels in Brazil for the Libertadores: 2-3 against Inter in the 1989 semifinals, and 1-2 against Sao Caetano in the 2002 final.
For its part in the series between Everton de Chile and Estudiantes de La Plata (Arg.), it stands out that the australes have an undefeated 5 games as host, in the history of the competition and have not lost since the 1977 edition vs. Freedom (1-3).
Students will look for their ticket to the Group Phase (they last participated in 2018).
According to data from Data Factory, León has gone 5 games without winning outside its stadium (2PE-3PP) and lost in its last 3 visits to Chile: 3-0 vs. Cobreloa and 1-0 vs. Colo-Colo (Group 1 of 1983) and 1-0 vs. Audax Italiano (Second Phase of 2022).
Matches and transmissions of this Wednesday, March 9, 2022 in Copa Libertadores
Everton vs Students of La Plata
Hour:
- · 19:15 (Chile)
- 17:15 (Ecuador)
- 19:15 (Arg)
- · 18:15 (Vzla)
Transmission:
Fluminense vs. Olympia
Hour:
- 21:30 (Brazil)
- · 19:30 (Ecuador)
- · 20:30 (Vzla)
- 21:30 (Paraguay)
Transmission:
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Source: Eluniverso
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