Santos vs Deportivo Recoleta - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking to bounce backmost from a 1-0 opening-day nonaccomplishment against Deportivo Cuenca, Santos play big to Deportivo Recoleta astatine the Urbano Caldeira Stadium successful their 2nd Group D fixture of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana connected Wendesday morning.

The visitors, who marked their debut successful the contention with an awesome 1–1 gully against San Lorenzo successful Asuncion past week, get successful Santos looking to physique connected that momentum, which could correspond a existent trial for the location side.

Match preview

Splitting absorption betwixt Brasileirao Serie A and the Copa Sudamericana, Santos person endured a topsy-turvy commencement to the 2026 campaign, with the Vila Belmiro outfit sitting successful 14th successful the league with 13 points from 11 matches, conscionable 5 points supra the relegation zone.

In their astir caller 4 Brasileirao games, Cuca’s men played retired a goalless gully against Cruzeiro and a 3-1 decision to Flamengo connected either broadside of a 2-0 triumph implicit Remo connected April 2, earlier a second-half onslaught from Moises inspired a 1-0 triumph implicit Atletico Mineiro past Saturday.

On the continental scene, Peixe are favourites successful the Copa Sudamericana Group D that includes San Lorenzo, Deportivo Cuenca and Recoleta Football Club, but a disappointing 1-0 decision astatine the hands of Deportivo Cuenca connected opening time has seen them travel nether contiguous pressure.

Despite taking 19 shots astatine the Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Santos managed conscionable 4 connected target, exposing what had been a recurring deficiency of sting successful attack, with Lucas Mancinelli breaking the deadlock successful the 60th infinitesimal to manus the hosts each 3 points.

Founded successful Asuncion backmost successful 1931, Deportivo Recoleta person enjoyed a historical campaign, with the Paraguayan outfit making their first-ever quality connected the continental scene.

Recoleta made their people successful their Sudamericana opener past Wednesday, erstwhile they held their ain to spot retired a 1-1 gully against San Lorenzo, highlighting their quality to vie against the apical sides crossed the continent.

The stalemate against San Lorenzo marked different affirmative effect connected location turf for Jorge Gonzalez's men, who had won their erstwhile 2 league matches astatine the Estadio Roque Battilana, beating Rubio Nu 1-0 connected March 27 earlier claiming a 4-2 triumph implicit Sportivo San Lorenzo successful the Paraguayan Apertura.

Next up is the stern situation of facing a Santos broadside looking to bounce backmost from their opening-day result, but Recoleta volition travel to Vila Belmiro boosted with assurance from caller affirmative results arsenic they look to prime up different historical effect and fortify their presumption successful Group D.

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Team News

Santos volition person to header without the services of Vinicius Lira, who is recuperating from a torn genu ligament, portion Gabriel Menino has been ruled retired done a thigh injury.

Miguelito is being assessed aft a caller musculus problem, portion the attacking duo of Neymar and Gabigol connection affirmative quality pursuing their instrumentality to enactment against Atletico Mineiro.

Tomas Rincon is besides disposable for selection, having missed the opener against Deportivo Cuenca owed to visa issues, alongside Barreal, who served a league suspension astatine the weekend.

As for Recoleta, we expect an unchanged broadside from the crippled against San Lorenzo I past week, with Allan Wlk posing the top menace successful attack, alongside Pablo Zeballos, who offers acquisition aft coming retired of status this season.

However, questions are being raised astir the visitors’ quality to vie astatine the highest level connected Wednesday owed to fatigue and accent levels, having featured successful the Paraguayan Apertura conscionable 3 days ago, erstwhile they fell to a 2-1 nonaccomplishment against Sportivo Luqueno.

Santos imaginable starting lineup:

Brazao; Vinicius, Verissimo, Peres, Escobar; Arao, Bontempo, Neymar; Oliva, Rony, Gabigo

Deportivo Recoleta imaginable starting lineup:

Mongelos; Villalba, Wiechniak, Balbuena, Maldonado; Comas, Maiz, Quintana, Franco; Maggi, Ruiz

We say: Santos 3-0 Deportivo Recoleta

Santos volition beryllium hopeless to get their Sudamericana run disconnected and moving aft a disappointing opening-day result, and they volition beryllium backing themselves to get the effect against an inexperienced Recoleta broadside successful beforehand of their location supporters.

Deportivo Recoleta showed resilience against San Lorenzo past week, but fixed the gulf successful prime and acquisition betwixt the 2 teams, we spot them falling against a stacked Santos broadside built to vie astatine the highest level with stars similar Neymar and Gabigol.

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