📏 Form Guide

Cerro Porteno

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Cerro Porteno head into this match coming off the back of a 2-2 Copa Libertadores stalemate against Sporting Cristal.

In that match, Cerro Porteno had 45% possession and 25 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Cerro Porteno, the goalscorers were Cecilio Domínguez (42') and Federico Carrizo (44'). Sporting Cristal got 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Santiago González (38') scored for Sporting Cristal.

It has not been often in recent times where Cerro Porteno have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Cerro Porteno have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 9 goals on the way. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, of course.

Palmeiras

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Palmeiras head into the match after a 0-1 Serie A win to beat Vasco da Gama in their most recent match.

In that match, Palmeiras had 48% possession and 16 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Palmeiras was Vitor Roque (60'). For their opponents, Vasco da Gama had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

A succession of reliable performances from the Palmeiras defence has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their past 6 clashes in total. In that time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 9.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 31/08/2018 tells us that Cerro Porteno have won 1 of these games and Palmeiras 5, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.

An aggregate of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 2 for El Ciclón and 14 netted by Verdão. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The previous league clash between these sides was Copa Libertadores match day 2 on 10/04/2025 which ended up with the score at Palmeiras 1-0 Cerro Porteno.

In that game, Palmeiras had 57% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Richard Ríos (41').

At the other end, Cerro Porteno had 10 shots on goal with 4 on target.

📋 Team News: Cerro Porteno

The Cerro Porteno manager Diego Martínez has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash with a completely healthy group available to select from.

🗞️ Team News: Palmeiras

Palmeiras manager Abel Ferreira has to choose a team with limited availability. Marcos Rocha (Calf injury), Bruno Rodrigues (Knee injury) and Micael (ankle sprain) miss out here.

💡 Prediction

We believe that Cerro Porteno will have to work hard as a team to get anything against this Palmeiras side who we reckon should get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re therefore predicting a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning score for Palmeiras after 90 minutes.

Expecting it to be tight.

Lucas Pereira, 00:02 08/05/2025