This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Palmeiras at Allianz Parque when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Defensa y Justicia with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only two days ago in the Paulista A1. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Corinthians.
These teams have little in common geographically as Defensa y Justicia have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Palmeiras form and stats
Last season, Palmeiras's Copa Libertadores journey ended in the finals.3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Paulista A1 numbers at home for Palmeiras so far this season. This match is a Copa Libertadores match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
Palmeiras are returning here after visiting Corinthians in a Paulista A1 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Victor Luis and Luiz Adriano scored the goal(s). Sensational by Palmeiras last match, beating Corinthians away as big underdogs.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Bragantino and winning 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Palmeiras have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won nine times, drawn three and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Palmeiras, as the Paulista A1 home game vs Sao Paulo is only two days away.
The Palmeiras fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Palmeiras have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the group stage.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away. It's all red in the travel logs of Justicia, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Justicia has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Universitario for a Copa Libertadores game that ended a draw (1-1). The attacker Braian Romero got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Romero scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.
It was a Superliga defeat before that one as the away game against Atletico Tucuman wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.We have checked recent matches where Justicia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, zero draws and four defeats.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Defensa y Justicia - Palmeiras 1-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Palmeiras two wins, zero draws and Defensa y Justicia one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Bou 5 goals |  M. Benítez 3 goals | B. Romero 2 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Defensa y Justicia missing players
| Palmeiras | Defensa y Justicia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.8 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Defensa y Justicia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Independiente del Valle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Universitario | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Ituano | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |