State derbies set to shake up 3rd round of the Copa Sul-Sudeste | OneFootball

The third round of the 2026 South-Southeast Cup, which begins this Wednesday (8), will be marked by in-state matchups in every game. The matches are expected to fuel rivalries in Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Paraná, the states whose teams are competing in the tournament.

At 6 p.m. (Brasília time), Rio Grande do Sul sides Caxias and Juventude face off at Centenário, in a clash set to stir up the city of Caxias do Sul. Then, at 7 p.m., there will be two matchups: Sampaio Corrêa-RJ vs. Volta Redonda-RJ, at Lourival Gomes, in Saquarema (RJ); and Chapecoense-SC vs. Avaí-SC, at Arena Condá, in Chapecó (SC).

Later, two more games will wrap up the day. América-MG visits Tombense-MG at Antônio Guimarães de Almeida, in Tombos (MG), at 9:15 p.m., while Cianorte-PR takes on Operário-PR at Willie Davids, in Maringá (PR), at 9:30 p.m.

This Thursday (9), São Paulo sides Novorizontino-SP and São Bernardo-SP will go head-to-head at Jorge de Biasi, in Novo Horizonte (SP), at 8 p.m.

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