Atletico Tucuman put an end to their three-game winless run in the Copa Liga Profesional (two draws and one defeat) by beating Sarmiento 2-1 away from home despite Guillermo Acosta’s sending-off in the first half, with Javier Toledo netting a brace to reverse the score. In the context of an irregular campaign, El Decano made it nine points in eight rounds to occupy tenth spot in group B.

Velez Sarsfield played enjoyable football to thrash Union Santa Fe (who were the only remaining unbeaten side in group B) 4-1 at home. Therefore, Mauricio Pellegrino’s men made it ten points from the last 12 on offer in the current Copa Liga Profesional and accumulated 19 points to open a three-point gap over Lanus at the top of the table in their zone. El Fortin also holds a nine-match unbeaten run on away turf in league action, having won six and drawn three since losing at Independiente in March 2020.

8 of the last Atletico games had at least 3 goals (and the other two had 2 goals each) and I don’t expect this to change against this Velez very solid in attack