The fifth round of the Copa Libertadores Group H sees Sporting Cristal take on Talleres Cordoba at Estadio Alberto Gallardo this Wednesday. Kickoffs at 03:30 EAT.
Sporting Cristal side has been struggling in this competition thus they are placed at the bottom of their group standings with just one point. Sporting Cristal, who won four and drawn one in their last five league outings has picked up 25 points from 13 games to sit third in the Liga 1 standings, three points off league leaders Melgar.
Cristal prepare for this fixture off the back of 1-1 Copa Libertadores draw with Universidad Católica in their previous game. In that match, Sporting Cristal had 52% possession, 12 shots with only one of them on target and a goal scored by Percy Liza (43’). Universidad Católica on the other end got 14 shots with one of them on target and a goal by Fernando Zampedri (77’).
Meanwhile, Talleres now turn their attention to the Copa Libertadores, where they have enjoyed a fine campaign so far and find themselves second in the group standings with seven points from four games. The away side now needs a maximum of four points from their final two outings to book their place in the knockout phase of the continental competition as they hold a three-point lead over Universidad Catolica.
The Argentine outfit head into this clash looking for another win following 1-0 Copa de la Liga Profesional victory to beat Sarmiento in their last game. In that match, Talleres had 69% possession, 21 shots on with three of them on target and a goal scored Federico Girotti (86′). Sarmiento got seven shots with two of them on target.
Sporting Cristal vs Talleres Cordoba head to head
The two sides have gone head to head against each other once, with the visitors picking up all three points.
- Talleres Cordoba 1-0 Sporting Cristal 27/04/22
Home
- Sporting Cristal 3-2 Ayacucho
- Asociacion Deportiva Tarma 1-1 Sporting Cristal
- Sporting Cristal 1-1 Universidad Catolica
- Sporting Cristal 1-0 Binacio
- Talleres Cordoba 1-0 Sporting Cristal
Away
- Talleres Cordoba 1-0 Sarmiento
- Talleres Cordoba 2-2 Flamengo
- Atletico Tucuman 3-0 Talleres Cordoba
- Talleres Cordoba 1-0 Sporting Cristal
- Banfield 3-1 Talleres Cordoba
Sporting Cristal team news
Cristian Carbajal, Fernando Pacheco and Martín Távara are all nursing injuries and are out of contention for this match.
Talleres Cordoba team news
Christian Oliva will be absent from this tie after picking up a hamstring injury in their Argentine Division 1 outing against Racing Club.
Prediction and odds
While Talleres de Cordoba has seven points in the group stages of Copa Libertadores, which puts them in a very good spot ahead of the final two games and gives them a chance to get to the next stage while Sporting Cristal has just one point in the group and they won’t be seeing the next stage, but they’ve done very well in the Peruvian league lately.
- Talleres Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
