Gustavo Henrique shines, Corinthians beat Santa Fe, win again at Itaquera | OneFootball

Corinthians are more firmly atop Group E of the Copa Libertadores than ever and ended a two-month winless run at home. On Wednesday night, Timão beat Colombia’s Santa Fe 2-0 at Neo Química Arena in the second round of the continental tournament. Raniele and Gustavo Henrique — the latter with a sort of volley — scored to give the black-and-white side the win.

End of the drought at the Arena

The result brought Corinthians’ winless run at Neo Química Arena to an end. Timão had not won at their stadium since February 12, when they beat Red Bull Bragantino in the Brazilian Championship. Since then, there had been two losses and two draws, until the negative streak was snapped against Santa Fe.

Standings situation

With the result, Corinthians maintained a 100% record in the Libertadores, with two wins from two matches under Diniz. Timão reached six points and pulled clear at the top of Group E. On the other side, Santa Fe suffered their first defeat and are still without a win in the competition. The Colombian side sit third in the group with one point. Peñarol and Platense play the final Group E match this Thursday.

MATCH DETAILS?⚫⚪ CORINTHIANS 2 x 0 SANTA FE-COL 🔴⚪

🏆 Competition: Copa Libertadores (second round of the group stage) 🏟️ Venue: Neo Química Arena, in São Paulo (SP) 📅 Date: April 15, 2026 (Wednesday) ⏰ Kickoff: 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) 👥 Attendance: 39,371 💰 Gate receipts: R$ 2,811,184.00 🟨 Yellow cards: Gabriel Paulista (Corinthians) / (Santa Fe) 🟥 Red cards: None

Officiating

Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (PAR) Assistants: Milciades Saldivar (PAR) and Julio Aranda (PAR) VAR: José Méndez (PAR)

GOALS

Lineups

CORINTHIANS: Hugo Souza; Matheuzinho, Gustavo Henrique, Gabriel Paulista and Matheus Bidu; Raniele (Allan), André, Breno Bidon (Carrillo) and Garro (Zakaria Labyad); Kayke (Lingard) and Yuri Alberto (Pedro Raul). Coach: Fernando Diniz

SANTA FE-COL: Andrés Mosquera; Helibelton Palacios, Emanuel Olivera, Victor Moreno and Christian Mafla; Daniel Torres, Kilian Toscano and Jhojan Torres (Fagundez); Luis Palacios, Omar Fernández (Mosquera) and Hugo Rodallega. Coach: Pablo Repetto

How did the match go?

Three minutes into the game, Corinthians had their first attacking move. Garro threaded a pass to Yuri Alberto, who received it on the left side of the box and hit a weak shot straight into goalkeeper Mosquera’s hands. In the seventh minute, Santa Fe responded with a cross from Fernández to Rodallega, who headed wide. In the 12th minute, Bidon received a cross from Kayke, turned, and struck weakly for Mosquera to save.

The first clear chance of the match belonged to Santa Fe. Rodallega exchanged passes with Fernández and got the ball back at the edge of the area. The forward hit it first time down the middle of the goal, and Hugo Souza parried it away. Corinthians responded with a Garro free kick from the edge of the box. The No. 8 aimed for the corner, but Mosquera got there and pushed it out for a corner. Deep into stoppage time, Kayke shot from outside the area and Mosquera saved again.

Second half

Two minutes in, Corinthians tried through Matheuzinho. The No. 2 received the ball on the right, cut inside, drove into the box and struck hard, but Mosquera made the save. Minutes later, Bidu played a one-two with Garro and got the return ball inside the area, shooting at goal, but Mosquera parried it out for a corner.

And in the fifth minute, Timão finally opened the scoring to the delight of the crowd at Neo Química Arena. Garro took a corner to the far post and Gustavo Henrique headed it back across goal into the six-yard box. Raniele arrived and tucked it into the net, making it 1-0 for the home side. Santa Fe responded in the eighth minute with a cross that evaded everyone and was met by Palacios at the far post, but it went wide.

In the 21st minute, Garro sent Yuri Alberto through on goal, but the striker burst into the box and hit the side netting. Then in the 34th minute, Timão doubled their lead with a fine goal. Garro floated a free kick into the area and Gustavo Henrique broke free of his marker, producing a sort of volley into the top-right corner of the Santa Fe goal to seal the score at the Arena. The Corinthians captain nearly got a third with a header after a Labyad free kick, but Mosquera saved it.

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⚫⚪ CORINTHIANS

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