Montevideo City Torque host Cienciano on Thursday, September 17, in the second leg of their Copa Sudamericana 2026 quarterfinal at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. Kickoff is 7:30 PM CT. Cienciano lead 2-0 from last week’s first leg in Cusco; the winner faces Atlético Mineiro in the semifinals. Here we will cover the different online live stream and TV channel viewing options for the Montevideo City Torque vs Cienciano match.
How to Watch Montevideo City Torque vs Cienciano
The Montevideo City Torque vs Cienciano match kicks off at 7:30 PM CT on Thursday, September 17, 2026, from the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo (8:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 PM Mexico City, 7:30 PM Peru, 9:30 PM local time in Montevideo).
In the United States, the match airs on beIN Sports and beIN Sports en Español, streaming on beIN Sports Connect, the free beIN Sports XTRA channel, and fuboTV. In Mexico, ESPN has the match on television with streaming on Disney+ (check local listings for the exact ESPN channel); in Peru and much of South America, DSports and DGO carry the game.
The Montevideo City Torque vs Cienciano match will be broadcast at 7:30 PM CT:
TV Channel: USA: beIN Sports, beIN Sports en Español; Mexico: ESPN; Peru and South America: DSports.
Online Live Stream: USA: beIN Sports Connect, beIN Sports XTRA, fuboTV; Mexico: Disney+; South America: DGO.
Our guide How to Watch Liga MX and Mexico Soccer in the USA (2026) has the full 2026 rundown of where every competition lives on US television.
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Torque are flying domestically: four wins from their last five, with 10 goals scored and four conceded. They beat Liverpool 3-1 at home on September 14, lost 0-2 in Cusco on September 10, beat Cerro Largo 2-1 at home on September 4, beat Danubio 2-0 at home in the Copa AUF on September 1, and won 3-1 at Defensor Sporting on August 29.
Méndez’s side lead the Uruguayan Clausura with 15 points and rested several starters against Liverpool with this tie in mind. At home in this Sudamericana they are perfect: five wins from five, with nine goals scored and two conceded.
Cienciano’s last five read two wins and three defeats: 2-0 over Torque at home on September 10, 5-2 at FC Cajamarca on September 4, 1-2 at home to Cusco FC on August 31, 1-5 at Sport Boys on August 23, and 0-1 at Botafogo on August 20. They have no wins in five away games in this tournament (one scored, nine conceded), though they did get a full rest week after their September 13 league game was postponed.
Torque arrive hotter, but the tie is Cienciano’s to lose.
Team News
Cienciano are hit hard by absences. Playmaker Alejandro Hohberg is out for six weeks with a torn soleus muscle, leaving the stadium in Cusco in an orthopedic boot, and Paraguayan defender Claudio Núñez is suspended after his third yellow of the tournament. Midfielder Gerson Barreto returns after missing the first leg through suspension.
Cristian Souza, the tournament’s assist leader entering the quarterfinals with five, scored the opener in Cusco; captain Carlos Garcés has four goals and three assists in 10 Sudamericana appearances. Without Hohberg’s creativity, expect Matías Succar or a reshuffle with Neri Bandiera stepping into the number 10 role.
Torque have Franco Pizzichillo fit after his August tear; he started in Cusco and came off the bench against Liverpool. José Tarán’s red card against Liverpool was in domestic play. No other absences have been reported. Salomón Rodríguez is Torque’s main threat with five goals in nine Sudamericana appearances, among the tournament’s top scorers, and Pizzichillo has three goals and one assist in eight.
Predicted Lineups
- Montevideo City Torque (predicted): Franco Torgnascioli; Eduardo Agüero, Brian Gutiérrez, Gary Kagelmacher, Kevin Silva; Facundo Silvera, Pablo Siles, Gonzalo Montes; Franco Pizzichillo, Salomón Rodríguez, Esteban Obregón.
- Cienciano (predicted): Ítalo Espinoza; Rotcech Aguilar, Kevin Becerra, Maximiliano Amondarain, Marcos Martinich; Gerson Barreto, Santiago Arias; Cristian Souza, Neri Bandiera, Ademar Robles; Carlos Garcés.
Match Preview: What to Watch
Torque need three goals to advance outright; a 2-0 win would force penalties, and Cienciano go through with a win, a draw, or any one-goal defeat. There is no away-goals rule.
The semifinal is set: Atlético Mineiro await after beating Santos 4-2 on September 16 to level the tie 4-4 on aggregate and winning the shootout 3-1, with goalkeeper Gabriel Delfim saving three penalties.
Torque must overturn a deficit built at 3,400 meters in Cusco, where Cienciano outshot them 17-8. Sea level in Montevideo is a different game: Torque have won all five home games in this tournament. Expect the cautious 5-4-1 from Cusco to become an attacking 4-3-3, with Rodríguez, Obregón, and Pizzichillo pressing from the start. The risk is the counter: Souza, Bandiera, and Garcés punished exactly that in the first leg.
“There was only one team that went looking for victory. The tie is not closed even at 10-0,” Cienciano coach Horacio Melgarejo said after the first leg (translated from Spanish). Cienciano captain Carlos Garcés kept it simple after the first leg: “No voy a cantar victoria, pero vamos con mucha ilusión” (“I’m not going to claim victory, but we’re going in with plenty of hope”) (translated from Spanish).
Prediction
Prediction: Montevideo City Torque 2-1 Cienciano, with Cienciano advancing on aggregate. Torque’s perfect home record should deliver a win, but Cienciano’s two-goal cushion should see them through.
