Belgrano vs Lanus
Belgrano returned to winning ways last Monday, claiming a highly celebrated 1-0 away success at Sarandi Arsenal thanks to a penalty netted by Pablo Vegetti in the first half. El Pirata managed to stop a two-match losing streak in the Liga Profesional to accumulate ten points in six rounds in their return to the top flight, which places them far away from the relegation places in the point-average table. On a sorry note, Belgrano lost to Tigre in their last home match, which broke a five-game winning streak as the hosting side.
Lanus are no longer one of the league leaders after the team’s 2-0 home defeat to River Plate in a controversial game last Saturday, when they had two goals disallowed. That result represented El Granate’s second consecutive loss in Liga Profesional action as they remain on 12 points, now trailing table toppers Defensa y Justicia and San Lorenzo. El Granate need to recover soon to stay away from threats regarding the point-average rankings. Lanus lost 2-1 at Racing Club two weeks ago, which broke their three-match unbeaten run of two victories and one draw on away turf.
I’m going with Belgrano against this Lanus that comes from consecutive defeats, will miss striker Leandro Diaz and have been slowing down lately.