Barracas Central vs Instituto
Barracas Central continue to produce their best top-flight campaign in history. In round 12, the team were able to break Rosario Central’s impressive home run of 32 league games unbeaten, beating them 2-1 on the road. El Guapo made it six victories and three stalemates across their last ten Copa Liga Profesional matches, losing only once in that spell. As a result, they returned to the playoff zone in group A, accumulating 22 points and trailing leaders Argentinos Juniors by two. Barracas also are unbeaten in their last four as the hosting side, winning three and drawing one.
Instituto are going through their worst moment of form in 2024. Last time out, the team were unable to hold their lead and ended up succumbing to a devastating 2-1 home defeat to Argentinos Juniors, a result that represented their third consecutive defeat in the Copa Liga Profesional. Following that streak, La Gloria remain on 17 points in group A, now trailing fourth-placed River Plate by four. On away turf, Instituto lost their last two without even scoring since beating Gimnasia LP 3-1 in February. Thinking of Sunday, left back Lucas Rodriguez won’t feature due to a muscle problem. On Wednesday 3, Instituto lost 2-1 to second-tier side Talleres Remedios de Escalada in the Copa Argentina first round.
Can’t understand the odds here: Barracas will confirm their place in the playoffs with a win which would be historical for them, they are in very good form, have no important injuries, and will face this Instituto that lost midweek against a 2nd tier team in Copa Argentina and is playing for nothing after 3 consecutive league defeats, so it’s an obvious choice to go with the hosts.