International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Cerro Porteño and Palmeiras are looking forward to this Copa Libertadores fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cerro Porteño and Palmeiras.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Porteño participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the round of 16 and lost against Palmeiras.When playing at home in the Division 1, Cerro Porteño have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games.
The Cerro Porteño crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to General Caballero JLM here at Estadio General Pablo Rojas. Heartbreak for Porteño in their last match as General Caballero JLM's Arce scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
1-1 away at Sportivo Luqueno before that.There will be little rest for Cerro Porteño after this match as they are travelling to Nacional Asuncion for a Division 1 game in only four days.
The Cerro Porteño fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Porteño have conceded 13 goals.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the semi-finals last season, when Athletico PR turned out to be too strong.Things could have gone better for Palmeiras in their Serie A away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
Palmeiras has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Santos for a 0-0 draw. Luan, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.04. Luan won 7 of 8 duels.
Before that one, the win at home hosting Fortaleza in the Copa do Brasil (3-0).
Palmeiras have another game away in just four days, a Serie A match against Atletico Mineiro. A strenuous calendar for them!
The Palmeiras manager Ferreira has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. Palmeiras are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have battled before this season: Palmeiras - Porteño 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Cerro Porteño two wins, one draw and Palmeiras four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last seven duels.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Aquino 6 goals |  B. Samudio Segovia 4 goals |  D. Churín 4 goals |
Cerro Porteño missing players
Palmeiras missing players
| Cerro Porteño | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 50 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 8% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 16.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 7 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bolivar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 37 |
| 3 | Sportivo Trinidense | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Guarani | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Nacional Asuncion | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 7 | Olimpia | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Resistencia | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 17 |
| 11 | Guairena | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | -15 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Sao Paulo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Cruzeiro | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Athletico PR | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Santos | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Grêmio | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Bahia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Cuiaba | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Internacional | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Goias | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Corinthians | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 4 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 2 |
