Estudiantes, Palmeiras cruise in Libertadores

Argentina's Estudiantes scored three first-half goals en route to a 3-0 away victory over Universidad de Chile in their Copa Libertadores group stage clash on Wednesday.

The visitors caught the home side napping when Thiago Palacios ran onto Guido Carrillo's pass before drilling a left-footed shot into the bottom-right corner.

Santiago Ascacibar doubled the lead just after the half hour with a towering header from 12 yards following a Gabriel Neves corner.

Carrillo made it 3-0 by combining with Eric Meza and rounding goalkeeper Gabriel Castellon before slotting the ball into an empty net.

Estudiantes now leads Group A with nine points from four games, two points clear of second-placed Universidad.

Meanwhile, goals from Brazil international forwards Estevao and Vitor Roque fired Palmeiras to a 2-0 away win over Cerro Porteno.

Teenager Estevao, who will join Chelsea in July, struck with a 25-yard drive just before halftime, and former Barcelona player Roque put the result beyond doubt with a cool 94th-minute finish on the counterattack.

The Sao Paulo outfit heads Group G with 12 points, eight ahead of second-placed Cerro Porteno.

In other fixtures on Wednesday, Nacional won 3-1 at Bahia, LDU Quito prevailed 3-2 at Deportivo Tachira, and Central Cordoba was held to a 1-1 home draw by Flamengo.