The round of 16 in the 2023 Copa Sudamericana will get underway this week, with Ecuadorian side Emelec playing host to Argentine representatives Defensa y Justicia at Estadio George Capwell in the first of two legs on Wednesday.

The hosts finished second with nine points in Group B, two points behind the group winners, while the visitors topped Group F with 15 points, and these sides will now battle for a spot in the quarter-finals against either Botafogo or Guarani.

While the hosts have made it to the knockout stages of this competition, they have been very poor for the majority of the season and are likely to find it much more difficult as they come up against the better teams in the competition.

The visitors have not been incredible themselves, but they have been scoring relatively freely in this competition and domestically, and we fancy that they will be able to outscore their opponents in this one.



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2023年南美杯16强赛将于本周开始，厄瓜多尔球队埃米莱克将于周三在乔治·卡普韦尔体育场主场迎战阿根廷代表队“司法防卫队”。

东道主在B组以9分排名第二，落后小组第一2分，而客队则以15分排名F组第一，这两支球队现在将与博塔弗戈或瓜拉尼争夺1 / 4决赛的席位。

虽然东道主已经进入了淘汰赛阶段，但他们在本赛季的大部分时间里都表现不佳，当他们在比赛中遇到更好的球队时，他们可能会发现这要困难得多。

客队本身并不是很出色，但是他们在这次比赛和国内比赛中进球相对自由，我们相信他们在这次比赛中能够超过对手。