Unión, take note: Lanús, your next rivals, play before their game in hand | OneFootball

Lanús will host Instituto this Sunday at 9:30 PM at the Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Stadium for Matchday 3 of the 2026 Torneo Clausura, in a key clash before facing their next opponent, Unión. El Granate will play against El Tatengue next Thursday, August 6, in the rescheduled Matchday 2, which was postponed due to the international commitments of Mauricio Pellegrino’s team.

How Lanús and Instituto come into the Torneo Clausura clash

El Granate come into this match reeling after being eliminated in the Copa Sudamericana playoffs by Cienciano of Peru with a 4-2 aggregate score. Coach Mauricio Pellegrino said: “Things didn’t go well for us in the Libertadores or the Sudamericana. The altitude took its toll on us and changed the team’s performance quite a bit. We really regret it because we had high hopes of continuing.” On the domestic front, Lanús begin with three points after beating San Lorenzo in their opener.

For their part, Instituto are coming off their first win of the tournament. After losing to Vélez in the opening round, La Gloria bounced back in Córdoba and beat Platense 2-1 with goals from Giuliano Cerato and Matías Tissera. Their coach, Diego Flores, assessed his team’s current form: “We were strong at home again, we fixed some things, and we controlled the second half.”

The teams’ lineups

Lanús: Nahuel Losada; Tomás Guidara, Carlos Izquierdoz, José María Canale, Sasha Marcich; Agustín Medina, Agustín Cardozo; Eduardo Salvio, Franco Watson, Dylan Aquino and Yoshan Valois. Head coach: Mauricio Pellegrino.

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