Barcelona SC and Santos Meet with the Brazilians Still Hoping to Qualify

Barcelona SC vs Santos FC - 27/05/2021

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Group C of the 2021 Copa Libertadores has been one of the tightest in the competition this season and on the 27th of May we have a meeting between Barcelona SC and Santos at the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha.

The hosts begin the final fixture in the group sitting top of the table on 10 points and they have already booked their place in the knockout stages of the competition.

The visitors are in third place on 6 points and need a win to have a chance of progressing in the tournament.

Barcelona SC come into the match having recorded a 4-0 home win over Olmedo in the Liga Pro at the weekend. That result leaves them in second place in the Ecuador topflight after 12 games played.

Barcelona SC are undefeated in 9 of their last 10 matches in all competitions. However, they failed to win either of their last 2 fixtures in the Copa Libertadores, having been held to a 0-0 at Boca Juniors and lost 2-0 at The Strongest.

Barcelona SC have won each of their 2 home matches in the Copa Libertadores this season, defeating The Strongest 4-0 and Boca Juniors 1-0, both of which were excellent results.

Scoring goals when playing at home in the Copa Libertadores is not a problem for Barcelona SC and they have found the back of the net in 8 of their last 9 home games in the competition.

Santos know they must win this match if they are to have a chance of finishing in second place in the group. The Brazilian club come into this game having lost 2-1 at The Strongest last time out, which was a disappointing result.

They found themselves 2-0 down after only 25 minutes and the second half saw plenty of ill-discipline as three players were sent off, one of which was Alison.

That result means Santos have recorded only 3 victories in their 10 most recent games in all competitions. Away form in the Copa Libertadores has been poor and Santos have picked up just a single victory from their last 7 away fixtures in the competition.

Conceding goals has been a problem for Santos on the road in the Copa Libertadores and they have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 5 away trips and just one in their last 13 away Copa Libertadores matches.

Team news and Barcelona SC will looking to striker Carlos Garcés for goals as he has scored in 3 of the previous 5 Copa Libertadores matches for the Ecuadorian club.

Santos will be without Alison, who is suspended following his red card last time out. Full-back Felipe Jonatan has scored in each of his last two games for Santos in this competition.

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Away team

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CLA

Barcelona SC Santos FC 27/05/2021 02:00

562321

1

2 - 0

2.28

24°

1.92

1.92 3.60 4.00 -1 1 1

FT

3 - 1(1 - 1)

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