Atletico Tucuman vs Lanus
Atletico Tucuman are now starting to live a crisis. Last time out, they couldn’t handle Deportivo Riestra’s home strength and lost 2-0 away. As a result, El Decano extended their winless streak to five league games, drawing one and losing four in that time, which leaves them on 26 points in 18 Liga Profesional rounds. Facundo Sava’s men need to return to winning ways in order to stay safe from potential relegation threats. At home, Atletico lost their last two matches (to Belgrano and Tigre). All regulars are available to host Lanus on Sunday.
Lanus are yet to find their best version in the league. Last time out, the team showed another worrying performance and lost 2-0 to Independiente at home. Following that result, El Granate made it nine without a win in this competition, drawing five and losing four in that spell. That streak keeps them on 20 points after 18 Liga Profesional rounds, which also prevents them from returning to the Copa Sudamericana zone in the aggregate table. Lanus also are winless in the last nine domestic matches on the road, with four stalemates and five losses. On Wednesday 23, Ricardo Zielinski’s men drew 1-1 at Brazil against Cruzeiro EC in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana semi-finals. Luciano Boggio is suspended for Sunday after seeing a red card against Independiente. Coach Ricardo Zielinski will field a completely alternative XI.
Atletico has been very poor lately but they have a perfect situation here to take the 3 points as Lanus is going to use a lineup full of reserves because next week they play the return leg of the Copa Sudamericana semifinals after the draw at Brazil.