Deportivo Binacional vs Sao Paulo Predictions

• Deportivo Binacional have won 9 of their last 13 home games.
• They’ve scored an average of 2.69 goals a game over said fixtures.
• Sao Paulo have won just 1 of their last 18 Copa Libertadores away games, losing 13 times in the process.

Deportivo Binacional looking to make home advantage count

Friday marks a huge night in Deportivo Binacional’s history; as they take to the pitch in the Copa Libertadores for the first time. The Peruvians participated in the Copa Sudamericana last year but it’s the main stage they’ll take to in 2020 and they’ll be looking to cause some upsets along the way.

Drawn against Sao Paulo, River Plate and LDU Quito, Binacional are up against it in Group D but they do have one factor in their favour; altitude. Indeed, their home is situated a huge 3,825 metres above sea level and that has them going into all 3 home games as favourites; especially as they’ve won 9 of their last 13 matches as hosts.

Sao Paulo looking for a strong start

Meanwhile, after crashing out in the qualification round to Argentines Talleres last year, Sao Paulo enter the group phase directly this year. Tricolor will be quietly confident about their chances in the competition and on paper, they certainly have the potential to put together a sustained run in it.

Nonetheless, if they are to do so, Fernando Diniz’s men will have to improve on a simply awful away record that leaves confidence pretty low prior to making this trip. Overall, the Brazilians have won just 1 of their last 16 Copa Libertadores away games, losing a big 13 times in the process.

Binacional are favourites with altitude on their side

Ultimately, although Sao Paulo are by far a bigger club than Binacional and have the better quality, the altitude factor cannot be underestimated and makes the hosts clear favourites. The effect playing so high up will have on Sao Paulo’s players cannot be stated enough and they simply won’t be used to playing in such energy-sapping conditions.

All things considered, backing a home win looks to provide good value as far as the betting is concerned and is something we’re more than happy to do. Binacional are in good shape in front of their own fans and we fancy them to eventually break Sao Paulo down and secure a 1-0 victory.