Rosario Central vs Corinthians - prediction, team news, lineups

Rosario Central big Corinthians astatine the Gigante de Arroyito connected Thursday for the archetypal limb of their Copa Libertadores round-of-16 tie.

The Argentine broadside volition look to marque location vantage number against a Corinthians squad that arrives without 2 of its main attacking options, portion Fernando Diniz's men volition purpose to support the necktie live up of the instrumentality limb successful Brazil.

Match preview

Rosario Central person enjoyed an awesome Copa Libertadores campaign, finishing 2nd successful Group H with 13 points from six matches aft signaling 4 wins, 1 gully and 1 defeat.

That grounds placed them ninth successful the wide qualification standings and secured a spot successful Pot 2 for the round-of-16 draw.

Their home signifier has been little consistent, however, with Jorge Almiron's broadside collecting 7 points from their opening 4 matches successful Zone B of the Torneo Clausura.

Rosario Central person alternated betwixt awesome and disappointing results successful caller weeks, losing 3-0 to Estudiantes and 2-1 to Belgrano earlier drafting 0-0 with Racing Club, though they subsequently responded with a 1-0 distant triumph implicit River Plate and a 2-1 location triumph against Aldosivi.

Home vantage could beryllium important connected Thursday, with much than 41,000 supporters expected astatine the Gigante de Arroyito, and Central person besides shown an quality to marque their location games uncomfortable for opponents successful this competition, winning 2 and drafting 1 during the radical stage.

Corinthians, meanwhile, get aft besides topping their Libertadores group, with the Brazilian broadside collecting 11 points from six matches successful Group E, signaling 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 decision to decorativeness seventh successful the wide standings, which secured a spot successful Pot 1.

Their league run has been little convincing, with the People's Team sitting seventh successful the Brasileirao aft collecting 32 points from 22 matches.

Diniz's broadside person drawn their past 2 league games against Bahia and Athletico-PR earlier beating Bragantino 2-0, but their play has besides been disrupted by a demanding docket and their Copa bash Brasil exit.

Corinthians were eliminated by Internacional successful the quarter-finals, losing the necktie 3-2 connected aggregate, leaving the Libertadores arsenic their main remaining accidental for continental glory.

However, they look a hard task successful Argentina, peculiarly with Yuri Alberto ruled retired and Memphis Depay nary longer astatine the nine aft failing to hold a declaration renewal.

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Team News

Rosario Central volition beryllium without defender Juan Gimenez, who continues to retrieve from a superior genu ligament wounded sustained successful August 2025.

Marco Ruben remains doubtful, portion Julian Fernandez and Ignacio Ovando are expected to beryllium available.

Ovando had initially been considered a rotation enactment but has established himself arsenic a regular starter since the extremity of July and should clasp his spot against Corinthians.

Corinthians person a much important database of absentees, arsenic Alberto remains retired with a hamstring wounded and did not question with the squad, portion Depay has near the nine aft failing to scope an statement implicit a caller contract.

Andre Luiz is unavailable with a grade-two hamstring injury, portion Zakaria Labyad continues his betterment from superior genu problems.

Vitinho and Kayke are besides sidelined pursuing genu surgeries, portion Alex Santana remains unavailable.

Rosario Central imaginable starting lineup:

Ledesma; Coronel, Ovando, Avila, Sandez; Ibarra, Pizarro; J. Fernandez, Di Maria, Campaz; Copetti

Corinthians imaginable starting lineup:

Souza; Matheuzinho, Paulista, Henrique, Bidu; Allan, Raniele, Bidon; Garro; Cesar, Raul

We say: Rosario Central 2-0 Corinthians

Rosario Central's beardown Libertadores run and location vantage marque them the favourites for the archetypal leg, peculiarly with Corinthians missing some Yuri Alberto and Memphis Depay.

The Argentine broadside person besides shown capable attacking prime to occupation a Corinthians defence that could travel nether sustained unit astatine the Gigante de Arroyito.

Diniz's broadside volition anticipation to support the scoreline respectable and instrumentality the necktie backmost to Brazil with a realistic accidental of progressing, but their depleted onslaught could marque that difficult.

We expect Rosario Central to power overmuch of the crippled and unafraid a 2-0 victory, giving them a important vantage up of the instrumentality leg.

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