- Red Bull Bragantino will look to make home advantage count and travel to the rematch in Belo Horizonte with a lead.
- El Galo will be chasing its third straight win on the international stage.
Red Bull Bragantino and Atlético Mineiro will contest the only all-Brazilian tie in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana Round of 16, and it will also mark their first-ever meeting in a CONMEBOL competition. The Bragança side, with set pieces and aerial play among their main attacking weapons, will have the chance to make home advantage count before trying to complete the upset away in Belo Horizonte next week.
Red Bull Bragantino in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2026: results, squad and schedule
'Galo', coached by Argentine manager Eduardo Domínguez, come into the tie after winning their last two CONMEBOL Sudamericana matches without conceding and are also unbeaten in their last four domestic fixtures. Their Group Stage campaign showed they are a side that must be taken seriously.
Atlético Mineiro in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2026: results, squad and schedule
Match details:
Stadium: Municipal Cícero de Souza Marques, Bragança Paulista.
Kick-off: Wednesday, August 12 - 7:00 p.m. (local time).
Referee: Leandro Rey (ARG).
VAR: Hernán Mastrángelo (ARG).
Match facts:
- Red Bull Bragantino and Atlético Mineiro have never faced each other in a CONMEBOL competition. Including Brazil's Série A, 'Braga' have won their last two meetings with 'Galo' without conceding, having previously recorded just one top-flight victory over the Belo Horizonte side since 1990 (20 matches - 1 win, 11 draws, 8 losses).
- Atlético Mineiro have won their last two CONMEBOL Sudamericana matches, keeping clean sheets in both (2-0 against Cienciano and 1-0 against Puerto Cabello). The only time they produced a longer winning run in the competition was between May and August 2019, when they won five consecutive matches, a sequence that included a Round of 16 tie against fellow Brazilian side Botafogo, as is again the case in this edition.
- RB Bragantino have scored more headed goals than any other team since the start of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2026, with five. Their two most recent goals of this type opened the scoring.
- Atlético Mineiro's Tomás Cuello has registered six assists in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana since 2024, four of them in this edition. Over that period, only Marcelino Moreno has more, with eight for Lanús, while Cuello is level with Juanfer Quintero, who has six for Racing and River.
- Atlético Mineiro recorded the fourth-best shot conversion rate during the CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2026 Group Stage, scoring with 12.7% of their attempts (8/63).