Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: Palmeiras and Cerro Porteño meet at Allianz Parque to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Cerro Porteño have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Palmeiras nor Cerro Porteño as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Palmeiras form and stats
Last season, Palmeiras's Copa Libertadores journey ended in the semi-finals against Atletico PR.The story so far in the Serie A for Palmeiras at their home stadium (Allianz Parque) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The Palmeiras fans got no joy from their last match, a Copa Libertadores duel also played here at Allianz Parque: A 0-1 defeat against Cerro Porteño. Vanderlan, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Vanderlan hit one key pass and won 10 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that match, Palmeiras won a home game hosting Cuiaba (2-1).Palmeiras are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 15 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 12, drew 1 and lost 2.
At Allianz Parque, Palmeiras has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Cerro Porteño was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the round of 16 last season, when Palmeiras turned out to be too strong.Cerro Porteño have an excellent away record in the Division 1 so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
Two travels in a row for Porteño, whose manager Sava could celebrate last time after the Copa Libertadores win against Palmeiras. Bobadilla got a match rating of 7.22 in that game, top player of the team. Bobadilla scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Sportivo Trinidense in the Division 1.The travelling fans enjoy Cerro Porteño's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. In the opposite end, Porteño have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding six meetings): Palmeiras won three games, one match ended with a tie and Cerro Porteño have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three. The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last six encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Samudio Segovia 3 goals |  C. Aquino 3 goals | F. Fernández Acosta 3 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Palmeiras | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 12 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 43 | 31 | Scored | S | 18 | 42 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 16.3 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 6.9 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 45% | ||
| 11.1 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Atletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Gremio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Atletico Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Bahia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Cruzeiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | São Paulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Goiás | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 3 | Guarani | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Sportivo Trinidense | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Sportivo Luqueno | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Sportivo Ameliano | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Nacional Asuncion | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Resistencia | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 11 |
| 10 | General Caballero JLM | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Guairena | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -12 | 8 |
