Tigre vs Nacional - prediction, team news, lineups

Tigre and Nacional instrumentality to enactment successful the Copa Sudamericana erstwhile they quadrate disconnected successful the 2nd limb of the knockout-stage playoffs astatine the Estadio Jose Dellagiovanna connected Tuesday night.

Following their first-leg illness successful Uruguay past week, Jorge Bava’s men travel to Buenos Aires facing an uphill conflict arsenic they effort to overturn a three-goal shortage and support their continental run alive.

Match preview

Having narrowly secured qualification to the Sudamericana knockout-stage playoffs, Tigre placed 1 ft firmly successful the circular of 16 of the continental showpiece with a ascendant first-leg show against Nacional past Tuesday.

The Argentine outfit managed conscionable 1 constituent from their archetypal 2 matches successful Group A, but a tally of 2 wins and 2 draws from their consequent 4 games saw them decorativeness 2nd successful the array with 9 points, edging retired third-placed America de Cali connected extremity difference.

Tigre continued from wherever they near disconnected successful the radical stages astatine the Gran Parque Central, with Jalil Elias, Ignacio Russo and Elias Cabrera each hitting the people to instrumentality a commanding 3-0 first-leg triumph implicit Nacional.

While Diego Dabove’s broadside person enactment unneurotic a coagulated tally connected the continental scene, they were denied a imagination commencement to the caller Argentine Primera Division Clausura run connected Saturday, erstwhile they fell to a 1-0 nonaccomplishment against Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto successful the play opener.

The effect against Estudiantes marked the latest successful the agelong way of woeful results backmost home, with El Matador failing to triumph their past 13 home matches, claiming 7 draws and losing six, including a 1-0 decision against Independiente Rivadavia successful the Copa Argentina circular of 32 connected July 12.

After 3 games connected the road, Tigre volition beryllium backing themselves to bounce backmost and implicit the occupation connected Tuesday erstwhile they instrumentality to Buenos Aires, wherever they are unbeaten successful 15 of their 17 games crossed each competitions since September 2025.

On the different hand, pursuing a mediocre outing successful the 2026 Copa Libertadores radical phase, wherever they were narrowly beaten to the playoff qualification ticket, Nacional find themselves connected the verge of bowing retired of continental football.

The Uruguayan outfit managed 2 wins from their six Libertadores matches, portion losing doubly and claiming 2 draws to cod 8 points and decorativeness 3rd successful Group B, lone beneath runners-up Deportes Tolima connected extremity difference.

Following their Libertadores exit, Nacional are making their archetypal quality successful the Sudamericana since 2022, erstwhile they made it each the mode to the quarter-finals earlier crashing retired astatine the hands of Atletico Goianiense courtesy of a 4-0 aggregate defeat.

While Bava’s men volition effort a historical comeback connected Tuesday, their existent signifier remains acold from inspiring, arsenic they person failed to triumph 4 of their astir caller 5 matches crossed each competitions, having picked up 4 wins and 1 gully from the 5 games preceding this run.

Results connected the roadworthy besides constituent to different pugnacious situation astatine the Estadio Jose Dellagiovanna, with Nacional managing conscionable 3 wins from their 12 distant matches crossed each competitions since the commencement of March.

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Team News

Tigre stay without the services of 24-year-old midfielder Bruno Leyes, who is acceptable for an extended spell connected the sidelines aft suffering a dislocated enarthrosis successful the archetypal limb against Nacional past week.

In his absence, Martin Garay should get the motion connected Tuesday, teaming up with Santiago Lopez, Jalil Elias and Boca Juniors’ loanee Jabes Saralegui astatine the centre of the park, portion Gonzalo Martinez and Russo should pb the onslaught erstwhile again.

Veteran defender Ramon Arias has besides missed each of the past 4 games since suffering a genu wounded successful May, and the 34-year-old is besides retired of contention for the Argentine outfit.

As for Nacional, erstwhile Manchester City midfielder Bruno Zuculini picked up a reddish paper successful past week’s first-leg decision and volition play nary portion successful Tuesday’s crippled owed to a one-game suspension.

In Zuculini’s absence, Lucas Rodriguez should beryllium handed a starting role, forming the midfield trio with Baltasar Barcia and Agustin Dos Santos, portion Luciano Boggio, Maximiliano Gomez and Maximiliano Silvera should pb the attack.

Tigre imaginable starting lineup:

Zenobio; Banegas, Barrionuevo, Laso, Moreno; Garay, Lopez, Elias, Saralegui; Martinez, Russo

Nacional imaginable starting lineup:

Arias; Ancheta, Coates, Calvo, Candido; Dellagiovanna, Barcia, Dos Santos; Boggio, Gomez, Silvera

We say: Tigre 2-0 Nacional

Following their stellar first-leg display, Tigre are successful the driver’s spot heading into Tuesday’s tie, and fixed their signifier astatine home, we fancy them to get the amended of a Nacional broadside who person struggled successful attack, having failed to find the backmost of the nett successful 3 of their past 5 matches.

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