Montevideo City Torque vs Palestino - prediction, team news, lineups

Palestino question to Uruguay to look Montevideo City Torque connected Wednesday successful the 4th circular of Group F of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana.

The lucifer takes spot astatine the Estadio Centenario successful Montevideo, kicking disconnected astatine midnight BST — a important fixture for El Tino, who get successful a precarious presumption successful the radical and inactive without a triumph successful the competition.

The lucifer volition besides people Guillermo Farré's planetary debut arsenic Palestino caput coach, having been unveiled conscionable days agone arsenic the replacement for Cristián "La Nona" Muñoz. The Argentine manager faces a demanding archetypal trial against the radical leaders.

Match preview

The Uruguayan broadside made a beardown commencement to the radical signifier and person already proven they tin bushed Palestino: connected April 14, they won 2-0 successful La Cisterna, a effect that near them good placed successful the head-to-head record.

In that archetypal meeting, City Torque displayed 1 of their cardinal strengths: controlling the tempo and defending resolutely. They are, alongside Macará, the broadside who person faced the fewest nonstop attacks successful this Copa Sudamericana radical stage, conceding conscionable one.

Furthermore, Montevideo City Torque stay unbeaten astatine location successful the Copa Sudamericana crossed six matches, with 3 wins and 3 draws. That grounds underlines wherefore the Centenario represents specified a hard venue for Palestino.

Their stumble against Riestra, however, has reopened Group F. At the Nuevo Gasómetro, Facundo Silvera enactment the Uruguayan broadside up with a escaped kick, but Juan Randazzo struck doubly to crook the lucifer connected its caput and resistance the Argentine nine firmly backmost into contention. Kevin Silva adjacent missed an unthinkable accidental with an unfastened extremity — a infinitesimal that could person altered the people of the crippled and preserved a cleanable grounds astatine the top.

Palestino, by contrast, get successful request of a alteration of direction. The Arab nine person collected 2 points from 3 matches and beryllium bottommost of Group F, though they stay precise overmuch successful contention for qualification.

The Chilean broadside are coming disconnected a 0-0 gully against Grêmio successful La Cisterna, a lucifer defined by an bonzer sequence: Carlos Vinícius missed the aforesaid punishment 3 times wrong six minutes, with Sebastián Pérez the outstanding fig successful preserving the cleanable sheet.

That gully kept Palestino alive, but it besides confirmed they indispensable commencement winning if they are to equine a genuine challenge. The radical remains open, though the margins are tightening: Montevideo City Torque pb connected six points, portion Grêmio and Deportivo Riestra person four, and Palestino way connected two.

The accomplishment of Guillermo Farré opens a caller chapter. The Argentine took complaint pursuing Cristián Muñoz's departure and volition marque his planetary bow successful a high-pressure environment, against a broadside that has already beaten El Tino connected Chilean ungraded and could instrumentality a important measurement towards qualification with a affirmative result.

The travel to Uruguay carries peculiar tactical interest. Palestino person often relied connected nonstop shot successful this radical stage: their extremity kicks mean 52.1 metres per kick, the fourth-highest fig successful the round. They besides fertile among the sides who astir often question aerial duels, with 27.3 per cent of their shots coming from headers — the third-highest complaint successful the contention truthful far.

City Torque, by contrast, airs a antithetic benignant of challenge. The Uruguayan broadside thin to negociate the tempo much efficaciously astatine the Centenario and person demonstrated the solidity required to defy nonstop attacks — a cardinal constituent against a Palestino broadside that needs to propulsion forward, battalion the container and marque the astir of Dilan Zúñiga's runs down the flanks.

Palestino indispensable besides beryllium wary of Salomón Rodríguez. The erstwhile Colo-Colo striker is 1 of the Uruguayan side's main attacking threats, starring the club's scoring charts with six league goals and 1 successful the Copa Sudamericana — that continental extremity coming against El Tino himself successful the 2-0 triumph successful La Cisterna.

The lucifer volition beryllium officiated by a Venezuelan refereeing squad led by Yender Herrera. His assistants volition beryllium Migdalia Rodríguez and Paolo García, with Emikar Calderas arsenic the 4th official. Stefani Escobar volition run the VAR, with José Martínez arsenic AVAR. The advisor volition beryllium Cleidy Ribeiro of Brazil, and the Quality Manager volition beryllium Pericles Cortes, besides of Brazil.

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Team News

Montevideo City Torque are expected to tract a recognisable starting line-up arsenic they look to support their pb astatine the apical of Group F. Salomón Rodríguez remains their superior attacking threat, supported by Esteban Obregón and Luka Andrade successful attack.

The erstwhile Colo-Colo guardant is the club's apical scorer, with six league goals and 1 successful the Copa Sudamericana — that continental onslaught coming precisely against Palestino successful the 2-0 triumph successful La Cisterna. In midfield, Pablo Siles and Gonzalo Montes are expected to play pivotal roles successful controlling the tempo, portion Franco Romero and Gary Kagelmacher should anchor the defence.

Palestino, meanwhile, participate a caller epoch nether Guillermo Farré. The Argentine is apt to telephone upon Sebastián Pérez successful goal, with a backmost enactment led by Enzo Roco, Vicente Espinoza and Ian Garguez.

In attack, El Tino should thin connected Dilan Zúñiga's gait connected the flanks, César Munder's question and Nelson Da Silva arsenic the focal constituent — successful a lucifer wherever they volition request to importantly amended their attacking output, having yet to people successful this radical stage.

Montevideo City Torque possible starting lineup:

Torgnascioli; Eduardo Agüero, Franco Romero, Gary Kagelmacher, Ezequiel Busquets; Franco Pizzichillo, Pablo Siles, Gonzalo Montes; Esteban Obregón, Salomón Rodríguez, Luka Andrade.

Palestino imaginable starting lineup:

Sebastián Pérez; Ian Garguez, Vicente Espinoza, Enzo Roco, Dilan Zúñiga; Julián Fernández; Martín Araya, Francisco Montes, Sebastián Gallegos, César Munder; Nelson Da Silva.

We say: Montevideo City Torque 1-1 Palestino

City Torque get amended placed successful the radical and transportation the sizeable vantage of their location record: they are yet to suffer astatine the Centenario successful the Copa Sudamericana. They person besides already beaten Palestino successful Santiago, and Salomón Rodríguez represents a persistent and nonstop menace to the Arab side's defence.

That said, Palestino get with the affectional momentum of a managerial alteration and an urgent request to cod points. The gully against Grêmio, contempt yielding nary win, offered encouraging antiaircraft signs — nary much truthful than the show of Sebastián Pérez.

On balance, fixed the context, location vantage and the existent standings, City Torque commencement arsenic favourites. But Palestino person the tools to vie if they tin support their antiaircraft shape, exploit their aerial crippled and sharpen their attacking edge.