Corinthians 3-2 Palmeiras: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 5 November 2017
Result
Corinthians 3-2 Palmeiras
Serie A · Sunday 5 November 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Corinthians 3-2 Palmeiras: match report
Corinthians beat Palmeiras 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 5 November 2017. The half-time score was 3-1.
Ángel Romero opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Corinthians's goals came from Ángel Romero (27'), F. Balbuena (29') and Jô (38', penalty). Palmeiras scored through Yerry Mina (35') and Moisés (68').
Discipline: Corinthians received 7 yellow cards; Palmeiras received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Corinthians were 1st on 59 points from 31 and Palmeiras 3rd on 54 points from 31. Corinthians went on to finish that season 1st with 72 points, and Palmeiras 2nd with 63.
Corinthians lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Palmeiras in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jô of Corinthians (8.1), ahead of Fabián Balbuena (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Corinthians wins, 2 draws and 2 for Palmeiras.
Going into the match Corinthians's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Palmeiras's D-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Ángel Romero
- 29'Goal · F. Balbuena
- 31'Yellow card · Ángel Romero
- 35'Goal · Yerry Mina
- 37'Yellow card · Edu Dracena
- 38'Penalty goal · Jô
- 50'Yellow card · Tchê Tchê
- 55'Yellow card · Egídio
- 58'Yellow card · Bruno Henrique
- 59'Yellow card · Gabriel
- 68'Goal · Moisés
- 79'Yellow card · Fagner
- 80'Yellow card · Maycon
- 83'Yellow card · Cássio
- 88'Yellow card · Jadson
- 88'Yellow card · Jadson
- 90+4'Red card · Deyverson
- 90+5'Yellow card · Dudu
Head-to-head
Team news
Corinthians line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cássio, Pablo, Fabián Balbuena, Guilherme Arana, Fagner, Gabriel, Ángel Romero, Clayson, Rodriguinho, Camacho, Jô
Palmeiras line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fernando Prass, Edu Dracena, Egídio, Mayke, Yerry Mina, Dudu, Tchê Tchê, Moisés, Bruno Henrique, Keno, Miguel Borja