Palmeiras look to avoid first losing streak since July 2024 | OneFootball

Palmeiras has little time to turn the page after their 3-2 defeat to Flamengo last Sunday (19th) in the Brazilian Championship, which intensified the title race and left both teams tied in points at the top of the table. Now, the challenge is the Libertadores semifinal against LDU, away from home, this Thursday (23rd).

The mission is not to return to Brazil with another setback and, for the first time this season, suffer a streak of two consecutive defeats. Losing two matches in a row hasn’t happened to Verdão since July 2024, when they had a negative run of three games, against Fluminense, Vitória, and Flamengo—the first two in the Brasileirão and the third in the Copa do Brasil.

This year, Abel Ferreira’s team has always managed to bounce back after defeats. The shortest periods between losses always had a match breaking the sequence. In June, the sequence was a loss to Flamengo, a win against Sporting Cristal, and a loss to Cruzeiro. Between July and August, the two defeats to Corinthians in the Copa do Brasil were separated by a draw away to Vitória.

Good Track Record

In general numbers, Verdão has rarely been defeated in 2025. There have been 63 matches, with 40 wins, 13 draws, and only 10 losses, with 114 goals scored and 50 conceded—27 matches without conceding a goal.

In the Libertadores, the competition in which the team plays this Thursday, the numbers are even better. In 10 matches, there have been nine wins and one draw, with no defeats, 26 goals scored and only six conceded—also six matches without conceding a goal.

It is also the first division club with the most away wins in the world in 2025 and is looking to extend this streak in Quito, against LDU: there have been 19 victories across all competitions this year, tied with Paris Saint Germain-FRA and ahead of Celje-SLV with 18, Flamengo and Galatasaray-TUR with 17, and Barcelona-ESP with 16 (numbers updated as of Tuesday, the 21st).

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