Millonarios vs Sao Paulo - prediction, team news, lineups

Sao Paulo question to El Campin Stadium connected Wednesday to instrumentality connected Millonarios successful matchday 3 of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana radical stage. Both sides are successful Group C, alongside O'Higgins FC and Boston River.

The Tricolor pb the radical with six points from 2 matches, portion Millonarios beryllium connected 3 points and look to enactment successful contention.

Wednesday’s brushwood revives memories of 2007, erstwhile the Colombian broadside eliminated their Brazilian hosts successful the quarter-finals.

Match preview

Millonarios get astatine this week's fixture successful precocious spirits aft a 2-0 triumph implicit Deportes Tolima astatine El Campin past Thursday, a effect that lifted them into the Liga BetPlay play-off positions. The triumph brought renewed assurance and showcased a much organised side—qualities caput manager Fabian Bustos volition look to replicate against Sao Paulo.

David Mackalister Silva opened the scoring successful the archetypal fractional earlier Leonardo Castro converted a punishment successful the 57th minute. Castro leads Millonarios' scoring illustration this play with six goals, and his signifier is an encouraging motion up of this continental clash.

Millonarios person been inconsistent crossed the season, winning conscionable 1 of their 5 matches anterior to the Tolima fixture. In the Copa Sudamericana, however, things look much favourable—three points earned against Boston River person kept them successful the hunt. Playing astatine home, astatine Bogota's altitude, remains their top asset.

Sebastian Valencia has been the standout performer this season, with Rodrigo Urena and Jorge Arias besides cardinal figures for Bustos. To topple the radical leaders, Millonarios volition request each 3 astatine their best, backed by the location enactment astatine El Campin.

Meanwhile, Sao Paulo secured an important 1-0 triumph implicit Mirassol connected Sunday nighttime successful matchday 13 of the Brasileiro, played astatine the Brinco de Ouro da Princesa stadium successful Campinas.

Luciano scored the victor with a header successful the 76th minute, converting Wendell's cross. The effect not lone ended a mediocre tally successful the league but besides moved the Tricolor backmost into the apical four.

With the win, Sao Paulo reached 23 points and overtook Bahia successful the Brasileiro. The effect arrives astatine the cleanable moment: conscionable 3 days later, the nine question to Bogota for a important Sudamericana clash to support their grip connected apical spot successful Group C.

The Mirassol lucifer was the archetypal successful a gruelling tally of 7 consecutive distant fixtures, with the Morumbis unavailable owed to concerts. After Bogota, the Tricolor look Bahia successful Braganca Paulista and Juventude successful Caxias bash Sul. The docket is demanding, but the morale boost from this triumph could beryllium vital.

Once again, Luciano was the standout performer. Sao Paulo's fig 10 has been the defining fig of the season—scoring successful consecutive matches and carrying the squad done hard spells. Head manager Roger Machado, nether interior pressure, treated this fixture arsenic the archetypal measurement towards easing tensions, and the effect offers a captious boost up of the travel to Colombia.

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Team News

Millonarios spell into the lucifer with respective cardinal absentees. Radamel Falcao suffered a fractured cheekbone against America de Cali and is ruled out, first-choice goalkeeper Diego Novoa is suspended, and defender Jorge Arias remains sidelined done injury.

With truthful galore absentees, Bustos volition request to improvise successful cardinal areas. Sebastian Valencia and apical scorer Leonardo Castro volition carnivore the top work for the hosts arsenic they look the radical leaders.

São Paulo besides caput into the lucifer with wounded concerns. Pablo Maia, Marcos Antonio, Lucas Moura, and Ferreirinha stay sidelined—absences that measurement peculiarly heavy successful midfield.

Even so, the Tricolor get connected the backmost of a triumph implicit Mirassol, with Luciano erstwhile again proving decisive. The fig 10 is successful apical signifier and volition beryllium Roger Machado's superior attacking menace successful Bogota.

Millonarios imaginable starting lineup:

De Amores; Sarabia, Llinas, Banguero; Valencia, Urena, Garcia, Silva, Castillo; L Castro, D Castro

Sao Paulo imaginable starting lineup:

Rafael; Ramon, Alan Franco, Sabino, Diaz; Bobadilla, Danielzinho; Artur, Luciano, Cauly; Calleri

We say: Millonarios 0-2 Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo get successful Bogota arsenic outright Group C leaders, with six points from 2 matches and nary goals conceded successful the Sudamericana. Saturday's triumph implicit Mirassol keeps the Tricolor connected a beardown run, and Luciano's existent signifier makes the Sao Paulo onslaught dangerous, adjacent distant from home.

Millonarios, contempt the vantage of playing astatine El Campin with location enactment and altitude connected their side, instrumentality to the transportation without Falcao, their first-choice goalkeeper, and respective different cardinal players. With truthful galore losses and inconsistent league form, Sao Paulo are tipped to travel retired connected apical successful a closely-fought encounter.

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