O'Higgins vs Boca Juniors - prediction, team news, lineups

O'Higgins and Boca Juniors volition bash conflict successful Chile connected Friday arsenic they reason their conflict for a spot successful the Copa Sudamericana circular of 16.

The visitors marque the travel with a one-goal pb to defend, having won the archetypal limb of their knockout circular playoff necktie astatine location past week.

Match preview

O'Higgins instrumentality to continental enactment connected Friday aiming to travel from down to advancement to the Copa Sudamericana circular of 16.

A third-placed decorativeness successful the Chilean apical formation successful 2025 saw them participate Copa Libertadores qualifying, earlier dropping into the radical signifier of the continent's secondary contention pursuing a triumph implicit Bahia and an aggregate decision to Deportes Tolima.

El Capo de Provincia past progressed to the knockout circular playoff with a second-placed decorativeness successful radical C, finishing 2 points abbreviated of apical spot and a guaranteed final-16 spot and pipping Millonarios to the apical 2 with a final-round triumph to support their continental run alive.

A travel to Boca Juniors past followed successful past week's archetypal leg, aft an aggregate triumph implicit Nublense successful the Copa de la Liga to advancement to the final, earlier Lucas Bovaglio's broadside fell conscionable abbreviated successful Argentina and suffered a 2-0 distant league decision to Deportes Concepcion connected Monday, leaving them 10th aft 16 outings.

Far from retired of the tie, though, O'Higgins present caput into their location limb with a one-goal shortage to overturn if they are to suffice for the circular of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana.

Their visitors, meanwhile, marque the travel aiming to get implicit the enactment with a slender vantage from their location leg.

Boca Juniors find themselves successful the Copa Sudamericana knockout circular playoff having failed to advancement from their Copa Libertadores radical portion salvaging 3rd spot down Universidad Catolica and Cruzeiro, having managed 7 points from their six radical games.

The six-time Copa Libertadores and two-time Copa Sudamericana champions past entered and faced O'Higgins, taking an aggregate pb from past week's archetypal limb arsenic Miguel Merentiel scored the lone extremity astatine La Bombonera connected the changeable of fractional time.

Rodolfo Arruabarrena's squad would endure a disappointing home decision of their ain past clip out, too, falling to a 3-0 nonaccomplishment distant astatine Deportivo Riestra successful their archetypal outing of the Liga Profesional Clausura phase, aft finishing 2nd successful the Apertura array and dropping retired of the playoffs successful the archetypal round.

Now hopeless to advancement heavy into South America's secondary contention successful what has been a comparatively pugnacious run by their standards, Boca Juniors volition anticipation to marque their pb number and advancement aft Friday's distant leg.

O'Higgins Copa Sudamericana form:

L W D L W L

O'Higgins signifier (all competitions):

W W L W L L

Boca Juniors Copa Sudamericana form:

W

Boca Juniors signifier (all competitions):

D L W W W L

Team News

O'Higgins should tract a akin starting XI from past week's distant leg, having made widescale changes for Monday's league crippled against Deportes Concepcion.

Arnaldo Castillo volition instrumentality up front, having managed 12 goals this season, portion winger Francisco Gonzalez leads the squad with 13 successful each competitions this word alongside 15 assists.

Juan Leiva should regain his spot successful midfield alongside Felipe Ogaz, who has been a mainstay successful their Copa Sudamericana run frankincense far, portion Miguel Brizuela and Alan Robledo should betterment a centre-back partnership.

Boca Juniors besides fielded a acold antithetic starting XI past clip retired from the archetypal limb and volition revert to a akin setup, with attackers Milton Gimenez and Adam Bareiro remaining sidelined by injuries.

Miguel Merentiel volition pb the enactment aft his extremity successful the reverse fixture, taking him onto 7 for the season, portion Lionel Flores and Sebastian Villa got the motion either broadside of him astatine La Bombonera.

Key antheral Leandro Paredes has returned to the fold aft featuring for Argentina successful their tally to the World Cup final, and helium volition travel backmost into the midfield aft sitting retired astatine the weekend, portion Santiago Ascacibar volition anticipation for a commencement successful midfield, portion Milton Delgado and 19-year-old Tomas Aranda were besides mainstays successful the centre successful their Copa Libertadores radical games.

O'Higgins imaginable starting lineup:

Carabali; Faundez, Robledo, Brizuela, Pavez; Ogaz, Leiva; Gonzalez, Rabello, Sarrafiore; Castillo

Boca Juniors imaginable starting lineup:

Montero; Gorosito, Figal, Costa, Blanco; Delgado, Paredes, Aranda; Flores, Merentiel, Villa

We say: O'Higgins 1-2 Boca Juniors (Boca Juniors triumph 3-1 connected aggregate)

While Boca Juniors lone managed a 1-0 triumph with location vantage successful the archetypal leg, they bash boast the stronger squad and should person capable to support their pb portion having chances to deed the pushing hosts connected the break.

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