Guests are very favorites here.

Cerro Porteño had a very irregular group stage, with some bad performances and other good games like the last one against Olimpia where they lost and missed a penalty. They were close to not qualifying, but finally did it. That’s also true that their group was pretty hard with Colon and Peñarol.

Anyway they are a very weak team. Ended 2nd in their local league (Apertura) and have some missings for today. Captain Juan Patiño is suspended, while his replacement Carlos Rolon is injured, so there will play the 3rd choice defender Williams Riiveros. The tight game played just 3 days ago against the leader of the league - Peñarol, also meant the injury of Fabian Franco, while Alberto Espola and Fabian Benitez are doubtful.

On the other hand, Palmeiras is probably the best team in the competition. They won the title in the last 2 editions, and are the main title contenders here. Made a great group stage, but also had a very easy group with poor rivals.

In my opinion, they have been the best team in the Libertadores so far. The numbers also confirm it: 6/6 wins, the best attack with 25 goals scored and the best defense along with River, conceding just 3 goals.

Are in great form, sitting at the top of the Brazilian Serie A after 14 rounds and with a very strong squad. Only one player is out due to covid - Jorge Marco de Oliveira.

Palmeiras has a much better squad, much more experience, and are a more competitive side. Cerro Porteño, like all paraguayan teams, use to make huge mistakes (as coach Francisco Arce said) due to lack of experience/competitive spirit, and against top teams like Palmeiras they will pay a high price for that.

I’m expecting Palmeiras to dominate this match and hopefully take advantage for the second game at home. They have enough quality to do it.

客队本场非常值得看好。

波特诺的小组赛非常不规律，有一些糟糕的表现和其他出色的比赛，比如上一场对阵奥林匹亚的比赛，他们输掉了比赛并踢丢了点球。他们几乎没有资格，但最终做到了。这也是事实，他们的团队与科隆和佩纳罗尔相处得相当艰难。

无论如何，他们是一支非常弱的球队。在他们的本地联赛（Apertura）中排名第二，今天有一些缺席。队长胡安·帕蒂诺被停赛，而他的替补卡洛斯·罗隆受伤，因此将出战第三选择后卫威廉姆斯·里维罗斯。

3天前与联赛领头羊佩纳罗尔的激烈比赛也意味着法比安·弗兰科的受伤，而阿尔贝托·埃斯波拉和法比安·贝尼特斯则出战存疑。

另一方面，帕尔梅拉斯可能是比赛中最好的球队。他们在最近 2 个版本中赢得了冠军，并且是这里的主要冠军争夺者。取得了出色的小组赛阶段，但也有一个非常轻松的小组，对手很弱。

在我认为，他们是迄今为止解放者队中最好的球队。数据也证实了这一点：6战全胜，25 球的最佳进攻和最好的防守与河一起，仅失 3 球。

状态很好，在 14 轮比赛后位居巴西意甲榜首，球队阵容非常强大。由于新冠肺炎，只有一名球员缺席——豪尔赫·马尔科·德奥利维拉。

帕尔梅拉斯拥有更好的阵容，更多的经验，并且更具竞争力。波特诺，像所有巴拉圭球队一样，由于缺乏经验/竞争精神而经常犯下巨大的错误（正如教练弗朗西斯科·阿尔塞所说），而在对抗像帕尔梅拉斯这样的顶级球队时，他们会为此付出高昂的代价。

我期待帕尔梅拉斯主宰这场比赛，并希望在主场的第二场比赛中占据先机。他们有足够的实力来做到这一点。