On Wednesday night at 8:30 p.m. ET (9:30 p.m. Brasília time), São Paulo take on Cobresal in Round 4 of the Conmebol Libertadores group stage. The game will be played at Estadio Municipal de Calama in Chile.
Argentine coach Luis Zubeldía, unbeaten after four games with three wins and a draw, leads São Paulo in his second game in the competition. In his last Libertadores game, Zubeldía earned a 2-0 win over Barcelona SC in Guayaquil. The Tricolor are currently second in Group B with six points, one behind Argentina’s Talleres, who face Barcelona SC at 6 p.m. ET in Córdoba.
Cobresal, meanwhile, sit bottom of the group with just one point and will play at the Municipal de Calama, located 662 kilometers (about 411 miles) from their home base in El Salvador, Chile. The change of venue is due to Conmebol requirements, which determined that the club play at the “Zorros del Desierto” stadium in Calama because their own ground did not meet the standards, despite its proximity to the hometown of rivals Cobreloa.
Historically, the clubs have met only once, earlier in this group stage in April, when São Paulo won 2-0 at the Morumbi.
Probable lineups:
Cobresal: Leandro Requena, Guillermo Pacheco, Cristián Toro, Francisco Alarcón and Marcelo Jorquera; Diego Céspedes, Leonardo Valencia, Gastón Lezcano, Franco Garcia and César Munder; Diego Coelho.
São Paulo: Rafael; Diego Costa, Arboleda, Alan Franco; Igor Vinícius, Bobadilla, Alisson, Nestor and Michel Araújo; Luciano and Calleri.
