Palmeiras - Barcelona SC Predictions
Palmeiras and Barcelona of Guayaquil meet at Allianz Parque for the second game of the Eighth finals of the Copa Libertadores of America. The first game in Ecuador was defeated by Barcelona by the score of 1 to 0, goal of Jonathan Alves. Palmeiras reaches this stage after qualifying in 1st place in Group 5, with 13 points won, were 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. In the Brazilian Championship the team alviverde is in 4th place, while in the Brazilian Cup was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Coach Cuca does not know if he will be able to count on side Mayke, who was injured in training, but will have the debut of striker Deyverson in the South American competition. Another embezzlement will be striker Willian, the team's top scorer with 4 goals, who is injured. The coach has not yet confirmed the team, but the likely lineup should have: Fernando Prass; Mayke (Jean or Tchê Tchê), Yerri Mina, Edu Dracena and Egídio; Bruno Henrique, Jean (Tchê Tchê) and Alejandro Guerra; Dudu, Roger Guedes and Deyverson. The Barcelona of Guayaquil arrives at this stage after classifying in 2º place in Group 1, with 10 points conquered, were 3 victories, 1 tie and 2 defeats. Barcelona are fighting for the title of the Ecuadorian Championship, at that moment the team is in the 2nd place with 41 points, 6 less than Delfin, leader of the competition. The coach Gillermo Almada bets on striker Jonathan Alves, scorer of the winning goal in the first leg, and top scorer of the team with 3 goals in the competition. The team will have three embezzles for that match, striker Ariel Nahuelpan, defender Jefferson Mena and striker Gabriel Marques, all injured. The coach has not yet confirmed the team, but the likely lineup should have: Banguera; Valencia, Aimar, Arreaga and Velasco; Minda, Oyola and Diaz; Castillo, Caicedo and Jonathan Alves.
Palmeiras won the 3 home games at Libertadores.
Barcelona have lost 3 of their last 4 matches.
The last 6 games of Barcelona finished with less than 2.5 goals.
Barcelona have lost their last 3 matches away from home.
Palmeiras - Barcelona SC head to head
-06.07.17 COP Barcelona SC Palmeiras 1 : 0
Palmeiras to win @ 1.42
