Lanús will visit Independiente del Valle this afternoon at the Banco Guayaquil stadium in Quito, for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana, and to kick off a series that ends next Thursday in La Fortaleza. The match, which will be played from 7.15 pm and will be refereed by Peruvian Kevin Ortega Pimentel, will be broadcast on television via the ESPN signal.

El Granate was born to seal its ranking in the second round of the South American thanks to great performance in group A, which ended up leading the Barcelona de Guayaquil. And even if the present of Jorge Almirón’s men in the Professional League is not the best, his time in the continental tournament has been more than positiveand this afternoon he will try to continue the good streak in Ecuador.

The Independiente del Valle, on the other hand, has earned a place in this case by maintaining the Third place in group D of the Libertadores Cup, behind Atlético Mineiro and Deportes Tolima. A few days before the start of their participation in the second round of Ecuador’s Serie A, those led by Martín Anselmi will be looking to start the semester on the right foot.

probable formations

Independent Valley: Moises Ramirez; William Vargas, Mateo Carabajal, Richard Schunke, Luis Segovia, Jhoanner Chavez; Cristian Pellerano, Fernando Gaibor, Junior Sornoza, Danny Cabezas; Jonathan Baumann. DT: Martin Anselmi.

Lano: Fernando Monetti; Leonel Di Placido, Matías Pérez, Diego Braghieri, Nicolás Pasquini; Brian Aguirre, Tomás Belmonte, Raúl Loaiza, Lautaro Acosta; Lucas Varaldo and José Sand. DT: Jorge Almiron.

Referee: Kevin Ortega Pimentel (Peru).

Stadium: Banco Guayaquil (Quito, Ecuador)

Time: 19:15

TV: ESPN.