Palmeiras will seek to seal in Bolivia its pass to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores against Independiente Petrolero

Palmeiras will visit the modest Independiente Petrolero de Sucre this Tuesday as the favorite to advance to the round of 16 of the 2022 Copa Libertadores in a Group A match to be played at the Patria stadium in the Bolivian capital at 2,800 meters of altitude.

The match for the fourth date and round of rematches is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. local time (Ecuador). The meeting will be directed by Argentine judge Nicolás Lamolina.

Palmeiras leads the group with 9 units after three games, followed by Deportivo Táchira with 4, Emelec with 2 and Independiente at the bottom with only one point.

Virtually eliminated from the competition, the Bolivian team will play to defend their honor in a tournament that has been adverse and in which they missed important points at home.

He will attempt revenge for the humiliating thrashing (8-1) he received from the trueon the first date, on his first foray into Brazilian territory.

Nor has it gone well for Independiente in the domestic tournament, where it occupies a lagging position and in which it had five consecutive dates without victories.

However, their recent 3-2 home victory over Wilstermann will serve as an encouragement, a triumph where the red and whites suffered more than necessary to establish themselves as winners.

The Bolivian team will not have midfielder Alejandro Bejarano, suffering from an injury that will leave him out of the field for a few weeks.

For Group A, also on Tuesday, the Venezuelan Deportivo Táchira, second with 4 points, will face Emelec from Ecuador, third with two units.

With a perfect score in the three dates of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2022, the two-time champion Palmeiras arrives in Bolivia with the sole purpose of sealing his pass to the next instance of the tournament, to consolidate the primacy of the Brazilian squads in this tournament.

Palmeiras occupies the fifth position in the Brazilian league with five points among twenty teams.

Likely lineups:

Oil Independent: Alex Arancibia; Alejandro Chiatti, Francisco Silva, Emerson Velasquez; Nixon Folleco, Jhasmani Campos, Mijail Aviles, Alberto Acuña; Leonel Alexander Buter, Jenrry Alaca and Harold Reina. DT: Juan Marcelo Robledo.

Palm trees: Weverton; Mayke, Gustavo Gómez, Benjamín Kuscevic, Joaquín Piquerez; Eduard Atuesta, Danilo, Wesley Ribeiro; Gustavo Scarpa, Gabriel Verón and Roni. DT: Abel Ferreira. (D)