Libertad Asuncion vs Tigre Prediction: Teams with good memories from this competition

Libertad Asuncion and Tigre will play in the first match od 1/16 finals of Copa Sudamericana in Estadio Tigo La Huerta in Paraguay. Libertad Asuncion played in this competition 2 years ago and reached the semifinal, while Tigre were part of this competition in 2012 and then they reached the final. Both teams will want to repeat the past and be part of the competition until the end and maybe make a surprise and win it.

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Last season Libertad were part of the knockout phase in Copa Libertadores, but this season they finished in 3rd position and will continue their continental journey in Copa Sudamericana. In the 1st round of domestic competition, they won and ended the winless strike of 4 matches. This team is very confident when playing at home stadium and in the last 5 matches they have 3 wins and 2 draws. Libertad have small problems with missing players as they will be without Hugo Martinez, Antonio Bareiro, and Bautista Merlini.

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Tigre were 2nd in their group in Copa Sudamericana and with 10 points they qualify for the 1/16 finals. It’s their first time in the knockout phase since 2012 when they reached the final of this competition. In their last match in the domestic championship, they also won and ended a winless streak of 3 matches, 3 defeats. Tigre also are missing some players from the first squad, Ijeil Proti and Victor Cabrera.

Libertad Asuncion are favorite in this match, mostly because they are playing at home, where they feel really comfortable and confident this season. On the other hand, Tigre are playing really bad on away matches, and they had 5 defeats in a row before they won the last match in the league. Even though both teams are very similar I think that home advantage and fans will help Libertad Asuncion to get positive result before the rematch in Argentina next week.