Palmeiras back at Allianz in the Libertadores, five-year run on line | OneFootball

This Thursday, Palmeiras faces Sporting Cristal of Peru in the second round of the Copa Libertadores. The Group F clash will kick off at 7 p.m. (Brasília time) at Allianz Parque.

Alviverde is looking for its first win in the competition and will make its home debut in this year’s edition. Palmeiras is defending an unbeaten run of nearly five years at Allianz Parque in the Libertadores.

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Overall, Verdão has gone 26 straight Libertadores matches without defeat at home, with 17 wins and nine draws in that span. The streak places the club among the longest home unbeaten runs in Libertadores history.

Alviverde holds the record for the most home matches without defeat in the competition. Between 1979 and 2005, the team went 34 consecutive games unbeaten at Palestra Itália.

Palmeiras’ last home defeat in the Libertadores came on May 18, 2021, when it lost 4-3 to Argentina’s Defensa y Justicia in the fifth round of the group stage. Later in that edition, Palmeiras would go on to win its third title in the competition, beating Flamengo 2-1 in the final.

Overall, since Allianz Parque was inaugurated in 2014, Verdão has played 50 Libertadores matches at its stadium, with 35 wins, 11 draws, and four losses.

Palmeiras’ next match

Match: Palmeiras vs. Sporting Cristal-PER Competition: Copa Libertadores (2nd round) Date and time: April 16, 2026 (Thursday), at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) Venue: Allianz Parque, in São Paulo (SP)

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