Barracas Central – Rosario Central

Barracas Central secured a valuable point on their visit to Huracan last Monday, when they focused on defending to end up drawing 0-0 away. However, El Guapo also made it three league games without a win (taking a single point in that spell), which means they accumulated 11 points in as many matches in the Copa Liga Profesional, sitting in the bottom spot of the group A table. As a result, Sergio Rondina’s men are now four points above the relegation spot in the aggregate table. Barracas lost 2-1 to Gimnasia LP in their last home match to break a 11-game unbeaten streak of six victories and five draws as the hosting side.

Rosario Central returned to their usual skills last time out to secure a massive 3-1 home success over Argentinos Juniors. That victory allowed them to extend their unbeaten streak to five Copa Liga Profesional matches (three wins and two draws), accumulating 16 points, which is not yet enough to enter the playoff zone in group A but it is to climb into one of the Copa Libertadores’ places in the aggregate table. On a sorry note, Central are on 13 winless matches on the road, having drawn seven and lost six in that time.

Rosario Central needs a win to get into the playoffs zone of Group A, despite their poor performances when playing away I think they are the best of these two teams. Barracas won’t take any risks, they know that a draw is good enough to continue escaping relegation (they are 4 points above the relegation spot with 3 games left) and they could end up paying for it like it happened against Gimnasia in their last home game.

BET: Rosario Central +0.25 @ 1.79