Get ready for the return leg of the Copa Libertadores 8th Finals between Palmeiras and Delfin. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Delfin, who are travelling more than 6000 kilometers to play this game.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Palmeiras are 5-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Palmeiras has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Palmeiras are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Palmeiras's last game was hosting Atletico PR and winning 3-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Delfin and winning 3-1.
Palmeiras are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Santos awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Palmeiras in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Palmeiras's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Delfin form and stats
They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses both home and away. Delfin seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
A loss against Palmeiras was the result prior to that, in a Copa Libertadores home game.
J. Cifuente came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Independiente del Valle last time out, making the manager M. Zahzú feel like a tactical genius.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Delfin's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Delfin managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Delfin manager M. Zahzú as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Orense.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Delfin - Palmeiras 1-3 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  C. Garcés Acosta 8 goals |   L. de Souza da Silva 7 goals | J. Cifuente Vergara 7 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Delfin missing players
| Palmeiras | Delfin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 11 | 33 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.7 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 4 | Internacional | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Santos | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Gremio | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Bahia | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 28 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 15 | Ceara | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Goias | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 16 |