Palmeiras vs Club Libertad Prediction & Betting Tips - Copa Libertadores

Prediction published on 13/12/2020, 22:05  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 13/12/2020 at 22:07 in Copa Libertadores Predictions

Brazilian side Palmeiras will host Paraguayan counterparts Libertad in the return leg of their Copa Libertadores quarter-final in Sao Paulo this Wednesday. Going to the game, the tie is finely balanced at 1-1 from the opening leg and there’s all to play for. Gustavo Gomez scored for Palmeiras in the first half of the first leg but Matias Espinoza leveled midway through the second half in a game that saw Palmeiras finish with 10 men. Lucas Lima was sent off for a second bookable offence at the 90th minute to wrap up a frustrating evening for Palmeiras and they will have to plan for their home game without him in the picture. Palmeiras warmed up for this game with a well deserved 3-0 win over Bahia on Sunday, stretching their unbeaten streak to six matches and will be hoping their impressive run continues against Libertad. The weekend win was a pretty decent affair, with the team leaving the pitch with all 11 players intact for the first time in three matches. They will depend on Willian in attack, with the forward hitting top form, scoring thrice in the last four matches. In the last 15 matches, Palmeiras have won 11 and failed to score in just one. They have had three clean sheets in their last five matches and scored two or more in four of the five. Palmeiras are an even better side at home; they head to this game with eight straight home wins and eight clean sheets. They have no loss in their last nine Copa Libertadores matches and at home in the same competition, they have four straight wins, having scored 18 goals in the run.

Libertad on the other hand, go to this game unbeaten in seven matches, but each of the last three they have drawn. They have come from behind in all the last three to draw and in their seven unbeaten games, they have managed three wins. Most recently, they needed an 85th minute goal at home to draw 1-1 with Guarani in their domestic league. Perhaps the biggest threat they carry to Brazil is the ability to nick a goal even when dominated. They have scored in each of the last seven matches and in five of them they have scored two or more. In the last six matches Oscar Cardozo and Adrian Martinez have been the key men in attack, scoring a combined seven goals and they will be relied upon in Brazil. The team has however conceded five goals in the seven matches they have gone undefeated, while their last 13 matches have produced just two clean sheets. They have three wins in their last nine away matches and just one clean sheet in the last five away games while they have conceded two or more in three of the last four away matches. In the Copa Libertadores, Libertad have no loss in the last three, winning two and drawing one, but they have just four wins in the last 13 matches in the competition.