Independiente vs Colon

Independiente will fight to stay in the top flight until the end of the season. The 2-0 home defeat to Boca Juniors in the Liga Profesional round 27 means El Rojo claimed a single victory across their last five league games, drawing one and losing three, and they ended up with 28 points, just three above the relegation spot in the aggregate table at the moment (shared by Huracan and Colon). In fact, Independiente are on two consecutive losses at Estadio Libertadores de America. The club added important reinforcements, including Federico Mancuello (returning from Puebla, Mexico) and Mauricio Isla (Universidad Catolica, Chile).

Colon are also involved in the struggle to avoid relegation. El Sabalero wrapped up their Liga Profesional campaign with a seven-match winless run in this competition, drawing two and losing five in that spell: in fact, they were beaten by bottom-placed Sarandi Arsenal 2-0 away in round 27. As a result, the side are now sharing the drop place in the aggregate table with Huracan (25 points apiece). In fact, Colon are without a win in their last eight away games, registering three stalemates and five defeats since beating Boca Juniors 2-1 in April. Colon signed six important players this winter, with German Conti (from Russian club FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Ruben Botta (AS Bari, Italy) and Javier Toledo (Sarmiento)as the most important ones.

Big relegation game for both even if it’s the 1st game of this tournament, Colon looked poor at the end of the previous league but they signed some very important names that should improve them so I’ll trust them here to void a defeat.

BET: Colon +0.5 @ 1.83