Deportivo Riestra (Argentina) – City Torque (Uruguay)
Deportivo Riestra paid the price for the rotation implemented by head coach Guillermo Duró and suffered a 1–0 away defeat to Gremio FBPA after conceding the decisive goal in the 83rd minute. As a result, they have just one point in Group F of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana, their first-ever international participation. Their domestic situation is not much better: last Friday, El Malevo defeated Independiente 2–0 at home, securing their first league win of the year and moving out of the relegation zone, with ten points from 15 matches in the Torneo Apertura. Riestra thus ended two negative streaks: 13 matches without a win across all competitions (seven draws and six defeats) and ten without a home victory (six draws and four losses). Montevideo City Torque are surprising everyone in the Copa Sudamericana. Two weeks ago, they once again delivered a very convincing performance and defeated CD Palestino 2–0 away, taking the lead in Group F with six points from two matches. Moreover, last Friday they secured a 4–1 home victory over CA Boston River, climbing to seventh place in the Uruguayan Torneo Apertura standings with 19 points from 13 matches. Torque are on a three-match unbeaten run across all competitions (two wins and one draw) and have suffered just one defeat in their last seven away matches (three wins and three draws). Despite last weekend’s win, Riestra’s semester so far is a disaster and they will have some missings here with Sansotre, Garcia and Barbieri not available in defense while attackers Alexander Diaz is also injured so I’ll trust the in form uruguayan team to avoid a defeat.