- The ‘Bolso’ will look to overturn the 3-0 deficit Tigre built in Uruguay.
- The ‘Matador’ will aim to seal their place in the Round of 16.
The ‘Matador’ will look to finish off a tie they opened with a significant advantage after their emphatic win at the Gran Parque Central, thanks to goals from Jalil Elías, Ignacio Russo and Elías Cabrera. Head coach Diego Dabove rotated his line-up for the team’s match against Estudiantes de Río Cuarto in their 2026 Clausura opener, with the Buenos Aires side falling to a 1-0 defeat.
The ‘Bolso’, who were not in action over the weekend, will be chasing a historic comeback: no team has ever overturned a three-goal deficit after losing the first leg at home. Jorge Bava will be without Bruno Zuculini, who was sent off in the opening encounter. “We know we are on the right track in terms of the work we are doing. It is a matter of breaking through this moment, putting together a run of good results so that the football we all believe they can produce, and are capable of producing, can begin to flow,” Bava said about the current situation of the Uruguayan giants. The winner will face Montevideo City Torque.
Match details
Stadium: José Dellagiovanna, Victoria
Date and kick-off time: Tuesday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Referee: Flavio de Souza (BRA)
VAR: Wagner Reway (BRA)
The match in numbers
- Nearly half of Tigre’s goals in the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana have come from set-piece situations (5 of 11): three from corners, one from a throw-in and the indirect free-kick that opened the scoring against Nacional in the first leg.
- Nahuel Banegas made 10 tackles against Nacional in the first leg, the most by a Tigre player in a CONMEBOL competition match since Opta records began in 2013. It is also the joint-highest tally by any player in the 2026 editions of these competitions, alongside Gustavo Henrique for Santos against Recoleta and José Carabalí for Universitario against Nacional.
- This is only the second time Tigre have played a second leg after winning the first match away from home in a CONMEBOL competition. On the previous occasion, the ‘Matador’ beat Argentinos Juniors 2-1 in the first leg of the second round of the 2012 Sudamericana before winning 4-1 at home to advance.
- Nacional are looking to become the first team in CONMEBOL competition history to win a tie after losing the first leg at home by three goals or more. In all 56 previous cases, the team that won the opening match went on to advance.
- Tigre scored the goal featuring the longest passing sequence in the first legs of the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana Playoffs: Elías Cabrera’s strike against Nacional came after 13 consecutive passes.
