Sporting Cristal vs Palmeiras 0-2
Palmeiras beat Sporting Cristal 2-0 at the Estadio Nacional de Lima in Group Stage matchday 4 of the CONMEBOL Libertadores on 5 May 2026. J. Lopez opened the scoring in the 32nd minute and R. Sosa doubled the lead in the 50th. No red cards were shown, and the match was fairly even on shots (18 v 22) and shots on target (6 v 5), with Palmeiras holding 58% possession.
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- 18'Gustavo Gómez · Yellow card
- Irven Ávila · Yellow card30'
- 32'J. Lopez assist J. Arias
- Martín Távara · Yellow card47'
- 50'R. Sosa
- I. Avila for F. Vizeu57'
- L. Iberico for Gabriel58'
- S. Gonzalez for J. Gonzalez66'
- 73'J. Arias for Felipe Anderson
- 73'Arthur Gabriel for Lucas Evangelista
- 73'R. Sosa for Jefte
- 76'Agustín Giay · Yellow card
- L. Sosa for I. Wisdom81'
- M. Tavara for C. Cabellos81'
- 81'Andreas Pereira for E. Martinez
- 89'J. Lopez for Paulinho
Match stats
Line-ups
Sporting Cristal starting XI
- 1D. Enriquez
- 8L. Sosa
- 20M. Araujo
- 5R. Lutiger
- 90Cristiano
- 25M. Tavara
- 19Y. Yotun
- 7S. Gonzalez
- 16L. Iberico
- 23M. Castro
- 11I. Avila
Sporting Cristal bench · coach Ricardo Ze
Palmeiras starting XI
- 1Carlos Miguel
- 4A. Giay
- 15G. Gomez
- 26Murilo
- 56Arthur Gabriel
- 8Andreas Pereira
- 17Marlon Freitas
- 40Allan Elias
- 19R. Sosa
- 11J. Arias
- 42J. Lopez
Palmeiras bench · coach Ferreira Abel
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Palmeiras formlast ten
CONMEBOL Libertadores table
Group F
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cerro Porteno | 6 | +4 | 13 |
| 2 |  Palmeiras | 6 | +5 | 11 |
| 3 |  Sporting Cristal | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 4 |  Junior | 6 | -6 | 4 |
Match info
CompetitionCONMEBOL Libertadores
RoundGroup Stage - 4
Kick-off
VenueEstadio Nacional de Lima, Lima
RefereeD. Herrera
