Match Report
The table read 1st (Palmeiras, 15 pts) against 2nd (Defensa y Justicia, 9 pts), 6 points apart. Defensa y Justicia ranked just 12th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Palmeiras were scoring 3.33 and conceding 1.17, Defensa y Justicia 1.83 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Defensa y Justicia had gone 10 games without a win. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Palmeiras against 1/15 for Defensa y Justicia.
The match was played at Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo (capacity 40,199). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 2-2 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-4.