Talleres vs Belgrano
Talleres want to continue fighting for their first league title in history. Last Sunday, the team celebrated a massive 1-0 away success at River Plate thanks to a strike from Federico Girotti in the first half. As a result, La T extended their unbeaten streak to four league games (winning three and drawing one) to make it 30 points in the Liga Profesional, climbing into second spot and trailing leaders Velez Sarsfield by three. Talleres remain without defeat in their last 13 home matches in this competition, with nine victories and four stalemates.
Belgrano come to this city derby off a convincing 2-0 home success over Boca Juniors last weekend, with Franco Jara and Nicolas Fernandez scoring. El Pirata are now holding a four-match unbeaten streak of two victories and two draws in league action, which allows them to make it 24 points and to approach the continental spots in the aggregate rankings (now trailing the last qualifying berth by five points). Belgrano beat Atletico Tucuman 4-2 in their last away game to stop a six-game winless run of three draws and three losses as the visiting side.
This is the big Cordoba derby, the province clasico and the game they both want to win. Talleres has been solid lately and they want to get back to 2nd place with 3 points. They’ve scored at least once in 11 of their last 13 games, but Belgrano also comes from some solid offensive performances scoring 7 goals in the last 3 games, so I think a goal should open things up and I’ll go for the OVER.