Internacional Palmeiras saw off Junior 2:1 in the Liga Femenina Regular Season round 16 on Sunday evening. A. Pavas opened the scoring in the twenty-ninth minute before Y. Sanchez doubled the lead after half-time. Junior's only response came too late, and the hosts held on for three points.
There was little in the way of chances early on. Palmeiras took control from the twenty-ninth minute when Pavas found space to finish, and Sanchez extended that advantage in the fifty-fourth. Junior pushed for an equaliser but their shots lacked precision — three on target all told, two off target.
Palmeiras had more shots overall but didn't convert them all, while Junior had more attempts off target. The hosts registered five shots on target against three for the visitors, though both sides struggled to string attacks together. Palmeiras had 80 attacks to Junior's 66, but the difference was in the final third.
There were substitutions throughout the second half as both sides tried to find a way back into it. L. Castano and I. Vidal came on for Palmeiras in the sixty-fourth and sixty-fifth minutes, while R. Herrera followed in the seventy-fourth. Junior brought on K. Urrutia and D. Julio in the eighty-second and eighty-fourth.
The match ended with a late yellow card in stoppage time, bringing the total to three yellows between the sides. Palmeiras picked up one, Junior two, with M. Castillo and Y. Moreno among those cautioned. The hosts now close out their Regular Season campaign with momentum.