Boca Juniors will battle agaisnts Corinthians this week at Estadio Alberto J. Armando in second leg fixture of the Copa Libertadores round of 16. Kickoffs schedules for July 6, 2022 at 03:30 EAT.
The hosts are six-time Libertadores winners and are making a fifth successive appearance in the knockout stages. Boca Juniors has not dropped a competitive fixture when tallying first all year; however they are without a goal in their previous two matches played in all competitions.
Boca Juniors head into this clash hoping for better results following 0-3 Superliga defeat to Banfield in their previous encounter. In that match, Boca Juniors managed 67% possession, 13 shots with five of them on target. Banfield got 11 shots with five of them on target and goals by Giuliano Galoppo (21′) and Ramiro Enrique (34′, 38′).
Meanwhile, the last time Corinthians made it beyond this point of the competition was in 2012, when Time do Povo captured their only Copa Libertadores title in club history. Scoring has been a problem for the Brazilian outfit in previous appearances in this competition, failing to score a goal in their last two knockout round appearances.
Corinthians will want to make amends here following 4-0 Serie A trashing at the hands of Fluminense in their previous outing. In that match, Corinthians managed 42% possession and three shots with two of them on target. Fluminense got 15 shots with six of them on target and goals by Manoel (15′), Germán Cano (42′, 71′) and Fred (91′).
Boca Juniors vs. Corinthians head to head
There have been seven head to head encounters between these two teams since 2012; four matches played out draws, Corithians have won two times while Boca Juniors claim a solitary win.
- Corinthians 0-0 Boca Juniors 29/06/22
- Boca Juniors 1-1 Corinthians 18/05/22
- Corinthians 2-0 Boca Juniors 27/04/22
- Corinthians 1-1 Boca Juniors 16/05/13
- Boca Juniors 1-0 Corinthians02/05/13
Home
- Boca Juniors 0-3 Banfield
- Corinthians 0-0 Boca Juniors
- Boca Juniors 1-2 Union Santa Fe
- Barracas 1-3 Boca Juniors
- Boca Juniors 5-3 Tigre
Away
- Fluminense 4-0 Corinthians
- Corinthians 0-0 Boca Juniors
- Corinthians 0-0 Santos
- Corinthians 4-0 Santos
- Corinthians 1-0 Goias
Boca Juniors team news
Diego Gonzalez Nicolas Figal and Norberto Briasco will be unavailable for Sebastián Battaglia’s squad as they recover from injuries.
Corinthians team news
The visitors have a long list of injuries; Paulinho, Ruan, Fagner, Rafael Ramos, Du Queiroz, Renato Augusto and Gustavo Silva have been ruled of this game.
Prediction and odds
Boca Juniors and Corinthians shared spoils in the first leg of this fixture, heading into this encounter, Boca Juniors is the better team on paper and they will host this game, so we think it’s time for them to finally beat Corinthians.
- Boca Juniors Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
