Unión vs. Vélez Clausura 2026 match preview, Digi Mart USA News (Santa Fe, Argentina): Unión and Vélez meet this Friday in a Group A match on Matchday 16 of the Torneo Clausura 2026. The game, refereed by Andrés Gariano, will be played at Estadio 15 de Abril beginning at 7:15 p.m.
Argentine time.
The match will be broadcast live on ESPN. Viewers can also follow the minute-by-minute action with real-time statistics on canchallena.com.
Subscribers to Flow, Telecentro Play or DGO can tune in directly through their cable provider.
Unión comes off a 1-1 draw away to Newell’s, with goals from Juan Pablo Ludueña for Unión and an own goal by Ignacio Isla. The Tatengue sit 10th in their zone with 18 points, two behind Independiente, the last side currently projected to qualify for the round of 16.
Unión need a win and must hope San Lorenzo (9th with 19 points) and Independiente do not both collect three points.
Vélez have already secured a place among the tournament’s top 16 teams. Their short-term goal is to finish as high as possible in the standings to earn home advantage in the round of 16.
In their last match they drew 2-2 with Ciclón at José Amalfitani, with goals from Juan Cruz Policella and Matías Pellegrini for the home side and Alexis Cuello and Rodrigo Auzmendi for the visitors.
Two other matches are being played simultaneously so that neither side gains a competitive advantage in the race for a round-of-16 spot: San Lorenzo vs. Platense and Independiente vs.
Deportivo Riestra.
In major sports forecasting platforms, Unión are slight favorites to win on Friday. Betting odds pay up to 2.57 for a Unión win, 2.84 for a Vélez win and about 3.21 for a draw.
Expected lineups: Unión – Matías Mansilla; Tobías Rubio, Ignacio Isla, Juan Pablo Ludueña, Lucas Ayala; Julián Palacios, Mauro Luna Diale, Joaquín Mosqueira, Brahian Cuello; Cristian Tarragona and Marcelo Estigarribia. Vélez – Tomás Marchiori; Joaquín García, Lisandro Magallán, Thiago Silvero, Elías Gómez; Claudio Baeza, Rodrigo Aliendro; Matías Pellegrini, Manuel Lanzini, Lucas Robertone; and Ronaldo Martínez.
