Peter Green - July 31, 2023
Libertad vs Fortaleza Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Copa Sudamericana on Wednesday, 2 August 2023.
The previous round of Sudamericana ended in a motivating way for Libertad. They have sealed a 1-3 aggregate win over Tigre to advance it to the quarter finals.
Moreover, Libertad follows an eight-match unbeaten streak. Do also note that they won the last six matches across all competitions in a row. This includes both the legs of their knockout clash against Tigre.
Going on, they will be facing Fortaleza in their quarter final clash this Wednesday. Fortaleza follows an unimpressive form at the moment as the team lost four of the last five matches.
This will be marked as the first head to head meetings between these two teams.
Libertad is having a strong form at home of late. They are on a seven-match unbeaten streak across all competitions. Moreover, they won five of those seven matches.
Meanwhile, Fortaleza doesn’t have a decent display on the road. They lost six of their last eight road trips. Currently, they are on a two-match losing streak too.
Since they have not met in the past, we expect a win for Libertad on the basis of the current recordings of both at respective patches.
Four of the last six home matches of Libertad had goals under 2.5 ft. Four of the last six away matches of Fortaleza were also low-scoring matches. In that case, we expect this match to have goals under 2.5 ft.
Since we expect a low-scoring match with a win for Libertad, goals are unlikely to land from both teams. On top of that Libertad bagged a clean sheet in three of their last four matches.
The current form of Libertad looks much better than the losing form of Fortaleza. At home, Libertad looks strong and consistent of late.
Therefore, we like to place Libertad to win as the main betting pick for this match. For the second tip, we like to place the under 2.5 goals option.