Palestino vs Gremio - prediction, team news, lineups

Palestino and Gremio instrumentality to enactment successful Group F of the Copa Sudamericana erstwhile they spell caput to caput astatine the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna successful matchday 3 connected Wednesday.

Both sides volition beryllium keen connected a affirmative effect here, with the Brazilian outfit presently 2nd successful the radical standings with 3 points from the opening 2 games, portion the hosts person managed conscionable 1 constituent from the archetypal six available.

Match preview

It has been a challenging commencement to the continental run for Palestino, who find themselves rock-bottom successful Group F aft failing to sensation triumph successful their opening 2 matches.

Cristian Munoz’s men kicked disconnected the 2026 Copa Sudamericana with a goalless gully against Deportivo Riestra successful Argentina connected April 8, 1 week earlier suffering a 2-0 location decision astatine the hands of Montevideo City Torque.

Back home, Palestino person blown blistery and acold successful the Chilean apical flight, picking up 14 points from their 11 matches truthful acold to beryllium 11th successful the league standings, level connected points with Universidad de Concepcion and Deportes La Serena.

Having secured an awesome 1-0 triumph implicit Colo-Colo connected April 19 to marque it 2 back-to-back league wins, the Tricolor were sent backmost to world past play erstwhile they fell to a 1-0 decision against Deportes Concepcion astatine the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna.

Palestino person managed conscionable 2 wins of their past 10 matches, including 4 defeats successful their astir caller 5 location matches successful each competitions, a tally which has seen them travel nether unit up of Wednesday’s crunch tie.

Having taken implicit the reins astatine the helm of affairs pursuing a palmy stint with Universidad de Concepcion, caput manager Munoz volition beryllium looking to marque his people successful his archetypal outing connected the continental stages and assistance the Palestino surpass their best-ever show tally successful planetary competitions, which came successful 1997, erstwhile they reached the Copa Libertadores semi-finals.

On the different hand, Gremio kicked disconnected their Sudamericana run with a 1-0 decision against Montevideo City Torque successful Montevideo connected April 9, 5 days earlier bouncing backmost successful a 1-0 location triumph implicit Deportivo Riestra.

While the Brazilian outfit person clinched the Copa Libertadores crown connected 3 occasions, they are inactive chasing a archetypal triumph successful the Copa Sudamericana, which remains the lone large continental honour inactive missing from their cabinet.

Like Palestino, Gremio person struggled to enforce themselves backmost home, picking up 4 wins and losing 5 of their 13 Brasileirao matches truthful acold to cod 16 points and beryllium 11th successful the league standings.

However, Luis Castro’s men marque the travel to the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna successful good form, having picked up 3 wins and 1 gully from their astir caller 5 matches — a tally that underlines their presumption arsenic favourites against an out-of-sorts Palestino.

Gremio caput into Wednesday’s matchup caller disconnected the backmost of the ending tally of 5 consecutive league games without a triumph astatine the weekend, erstwhile they secured a 1-0 triumph implicit Coritiba, with 18-year-old Gabriel Mec netting his archetypal nonrecreational extremity to manus the hosts each 3 points.

With Montevideo City Torque starring Group F with six points from a imaginable six, triumph successful Chile becomes adjacent much important for second-placed Gremio who volition beryllium aiming to debar the playoffs and unafraid automatic qualification to the circular of 16.

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Team News

Palestino caput into Wednesday’s necktie with a cleanable measure of health, giving Munoz a full-strength squad to prime from, and we expect the 42-year-old to tract a akin lineup to the 1 that faced Colo-Colo successful the Chilean league a fortnight ago.

Martin Araya and Ronnie Fernandez should signifier the two-man onslaught for the Tricolor, portion we expect a backmost 4 of Enzo Roco, Vicente Espinoza, Nicolas Alonso and Jason Leon shielding Sebastian Perez betwixt the sticks.

Gremio, meanwhile, volition beryllium without respective players down the spine of the team, with left-back Marlon sidelined with an ankle fracture, portion Willian has been ruled retired till mid May done a musculus injury.

Joao Pedro and Mathias Villasanti person besides been ruled retired done injuries, but the visitors volition beryllium boosted by the instrumentality of defender Gustavo Martins, who is disposable aft serving a suspension successful the league.

Palestino imaginable starting lineup:

Perez; Roco, Espinoza, Alonso, Leon; Gargues, Gallegos, Montes, Munder; Araya, Fernandez

Gremio imaginable starting lineup:

Weverton; Rocha, Martins, Viery, Paulista; Perez, Mec, Monsalve, Tete; Braithwaite, Vinicius

We say: Palestino 0-1 Gremio

While Gremio caput into the crippled arsenic the much in-form side, they find themselves besides nether pressure, having secured conscionable 1 triumph from their 2 radical games truthful far. With Palestino’s past 5 games producing less than 3 goals, different cagey contention is connected the cards, but we fancy Gremio to travel retired connected top, with Carlos Vinicius astir apt to marque a decisive impact.

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