Palmeiras hit historic Libertadores mark amid unbeaten run | OneFootball

With goals from Murilo and Flaco López, Palmeiras beat Sporting Cristal-PER 2-1 this Thursday (16) at Allianz Parque and surpassed the mark of 500 goals in the Copa Libertadores — now with 501.

Verdão is the fourth-highest scoring club in the history of the competition, behind only River Plate, Peñarol, and Nacional. Throughout the tournament’s history, it has already scored against 68 different opponents.

Among Brazilian clubs, the team is the first to surpass the 500-goal mark in South America’s main competition.

Take a look back at Palmeiras’ milestone goals in the Libertadores, according to a survey by the Palestrino Institute of Statistics (IPE).

In 2025, the most recent edition of the Libertadores, Verdão had the best attack with 30 goals scored, followed by Racing-ARG with 19 and LDU-EQU with 16.

Unbeaten run

Palmeiras is also unbeaten in its last 27 home matches in the Libertadores — since May 2021, there have been 18 wins and 9 draws, the 8th longest streak in the competition’s history. The record holder is Boca Juniors-ARG from 1966-91, with 39, followed by Palmeiras from 1979-2005, with 34.

Across all competitions, Palmeiras is unbeaten in its last 26 home matches (21 wins and five draws, combining Allianz Parque and Arena Barueri, since August 2025), a mark it had not reached since the period between July 2022 and June 2023, when it went 33 home matches unbeaten (26 wins and seven draws).

At Allianz Parque, it is unbeaten in its last 17 matches (13 wins and four draws since October 2025, its best run since the 20-match unbeaten stretch between October 2023 and July 2024).

What now?

With the victory over the Peruvian side, Alviverde moved to the top of Libertadores Group F with four points, followed by Sporting Cristal-PER and Cerro Porteño-PAR, both with three, and Junior Barranquilla-COL with one.

Verdão returns to Libertadores action on April 30 against Cerro Porteño in Paraguay in the third round of the group stage.

Verdão’s next match, meanwhile, is on Sunday (19) against Athletico-PR at Allianz Parque in the 12th round of the Brazilian Championship.

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