Independiente del Valle hosts Red Bull Bragantino in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana 1/8 finals. The match will be played on Thursday, July 15th at Estadio Municipal Rumiñahui (Sangolquí)
Independiente del Valle is a quite unyielding club from Ecuador. The Black-and-Blues are ranked third in the Ecuadorian championship standings, having a small 5-point gap from the leader. I just want to cite as an example the statistics of the team. It scored 27 goals and conceded 18 times in 14 games, which is quite good for our bet. As we can see, Independiente del Valle scores quite a lot but also concedes often. Taking into account the level of local teams, this fact shows that the defense is not really perfect. It would seem that the Black-and-Blues are not obvious favorites of the upcoming game if we look at the coefficients and perfect shape of Bragantino. However, we shouldn’t forget Independiente del Valle won this cup a year earlier, beating Argentine Colon in the final (3-1). I also want to take into account the fact that the attack of this team is one of the best in the league, and only one of their last 15 home matches ended with a small number of goals scored. It happened in the Copa Libertadores match against Palmeiras. Then the Brazilians won 0-1.
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I mentioned that this year Bragantino gained perfect shape, but why? Everything is simple - the team received solid money and excellent sponsorship. Perhaps you remember that the Red Bulls played in the second division of the country a couple of seasons earlier. But let's move away from history and return to reality. The team is in second place in the championship standings, lagging only two points behind the leading Palmeiras. But the Bulls have the best statistics — 22 goals scored and 13 goals conceded in 11 games.
Independiente del Valle prefers an attacking style. Moreover, the Black-and-Blues recently bought Jonathan Bauman, who was the best scorer at Mushuc Runa. And he has already scored for his new team. Bragantino uses the same attacking style of play, thanks to which they are in such high positions in the standings. And the attack in the person of Ytalo, Artur, Evangelista, Praxedes, Ramires, and Alerrando looks very impressive. I think the teams will please the fans with a goal show.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 goals scored
