Argentinos Jrs vs Atletico Tucuman
Argentinos Juniors succumbed to a surprising 3-2 away defeat at Sarandi Arsenal, the worst team in the league in 2023. As a result, El Bicho remain on three points in two Copa Liga Profesional rounds. However, having lost just two of their last seven matches in league action (along with three victories and two draws), they remain occupying one of the Copa Sudamericana spots in the aggregate table. At home, Argentinos lost only one of their last six domestic games, winning four and drawing one. On Wednesday 30, Argentinos lost 1-0 to second-tier side San Martin SJ in the Copa Argentina round-of-16. Coach Gabriel Milito resigned after that game and Cristian Zermatten would take over as interim boss.
Atletico Tucuman registered a scoreless stalemate against Instituto in a thrilling match last Monday, when they wasted several goalscoring opportunities. El Decano are now on two points in the Copa Liga Profesional, but they are going through a promising moment of form: it’s been eight matches without defeat in league action (five victories and three draws), which places them just four points behind the last Copa Sudamericana place in the aggregate table. On away turf, Atletico haven’t lost any of the last four, winning two and drawing two.
Argentinos is a good team but their latest bad results that finished with Gabriel Milito resigning after almost 3 years in the club can’t be good news, so I expect this tough Atletico Tucuman to take something from this game.