Get ready for the return leg of the Copa Libertadores 8th Finals between Palmeiras and Universidad Católica. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
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 Palmeiras and Universidad Católica.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras was eliminated in the finals last season in the Copa Libertadores.Palmeiras have been very solid at home in the Serie A so far, with 16 points collected from 6 matches (5-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. This match is a Copa Libertadores match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. After failing to beat Corinthians here at Allianz Parque, Palmeiras has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Palmeiras are returning here after visiting Atletico GO in a Serie A game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Gustavo Scarpa and Breno Lopes scored the goal(s). Defender Gustavo Gómez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.31/10. Gómez won 7 of 8 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Universidad Católica and winning 1-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Palmeiras home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in two wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fluminense are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Palmeiras are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Palmeiras have conceded 7 goals.
Universidad Católica form and stats
Universidad was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Universidad Católica have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses both home and away.
Universidad Católica have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Sebastian Andres Perez Kirby. It's been 261 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.
There were no winners in Universidad's previous match, a Primera Division home game that ended 0-0 vs Colo-Colo.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Palmeiras.A quick return to home after this game, as Universidad are hosting O'Higgins in the Primera Division only four days away.
The attacking power of Universidad Católica when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Universidad Católica in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Universidad Católica - Palmeiras 0-1.Top Goalscorers
  B. Vasconcelos Lopes 5 goals |  F. Zampedri 5 goals |  D. Valencia Morello 4 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Universidad Católica missing players
| Palmeiras | Universidad Católica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.8 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | Ceara | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Bahia | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Santos | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Internacional | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Juventude | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Sao Paulo | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Gremio | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union La Calera | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | Audax Italiano | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Universidad Católica | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Colo-Colo | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | O'Higgins | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Nublense | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | La Serena | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Union Espanola | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Antofagasta | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Melipilla | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Everton | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Universidad Chile | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Cobresal | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Palestino | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Huachipato | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Curico Unido | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Santiago Wanderers | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 1 |