Overview

• The first leg of the Peñarol–Racing tie kicks off at 21:30 in Montevideo’s Estadio Campeón del Siglo under referee Raphael Claus and VAR by Wagner Reway, live on Fox Sports and streaming partners.
• Peñarol enters with momentum after a 3–0 derby win over Nacional and leads the Uruguayan Clausura under coach Diego Aguirre.
• Racing’s travelling squad features new signing Marcos Rojo on the bench, with Gabriel Arias back in goal and Santiago Solari spearheading the attack.
• Earlier at 19:30, Vélez meets Fortaleza in Brazil, both sides enduring domestic struggles in the Argentine Clausura and the Brasileirao.
• Return legs are set for next week, and winners advance on aggregate without an away-goals tiebreaker toward the November 29 final at Lima’s Estadio Monumental.