There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Recopa Sudamericana Final meeting between Palmeiras and Defensa y Justicia. Game on!
Defensa y Justicia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Superliga game only four sleeps ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Palmeiras form and stats
As mentioned below, Palmeiras are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Paulista A1 games. In general it's been a long time since Palmeiras tasted defeat here at Estádio Nacional de Brasília, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
A strong away win for Palmeiras against Defensa y Justicia the last match, as Gustavo Scarpa and Rony were on target.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of A. Moreira Ferreira when Gustavo Scarpa scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Palmeiras matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Palmeiras as they have a new game in only two days, a Paulista A1 match thankfully also at home. São Paulo are visiting.
At Estádio Nacional de Brasília, Palmeiras has the goal stats of 5-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
With two straight losses from their last two away games, Justicia are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Defensa y Justicia's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Talleres Córdoba that finished 2-2. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Palmeiras.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Justicia when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning two games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Justicia manager S. Beccacece as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Independiente.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Defensa y Justicia - Palmeiras 1-2.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 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 16 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11.9 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Ituano | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |