São Paulo seek first win at LDU, rivals unbeaten in Quito a year | OneFootball

The mission for São Paulo on the night of this Thursday (18) will not be easy in Quito, Ecuador, when at 7 PM (Brasília time) the team faces LDU in the first match of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals, at an altitude of about 2,700 meters.

Against the Ecuadorians away from home, the Tricolor has never won in the three matches played against the rivals, in two duels in the Libertadores and one in the Copa Sudamericana, the latter in 2023.

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To break this taboo, São Paulo will also have to overcome a long unbeaten streak of LDU, which has lasted more than a year at their Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium, popularly known as Casa Blanca. The team hasn't lost in front of their fans for 28 matches, since August 2024, when they were defeated by Lanús.

In this incredible rival streak, there were 17 wins and 11 draws, with 58 goals scored, a little over two per match, and only 16 conceded.

If we take the record of LDU's home matches only against Brazilians, the unbeaten streak extends even further. It's been four years without losing at Casa Blanca.

In the last seven encounters where La U hosted Brazilian visitors, they accumulated four wins and three draws, against different rivals, with seven goals scored and two conceded. The last national team to beat LDU at their stadium was Grêmio, led by Felipão, back in 2021, by 1-0.

However, if the away record is daunting, the Tricolor's numbers at Morumbi are also 100% successful. While São Paulo lost all three matches in Quito, they also won all the return matches at home against LDU.

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