Boca vs Defensa y Justicia
Boca Juniors secured their first victory under recently-appointed coach Diego Martinez last Monday, when they easily beat Tigre 2-0 away with Miguel Merentiel and Dario Benedetto finding the back of the net. Therefore, El Xeneize made it five points in the Copa Liga Profesional, still out of the playoff zone in group B, and also seven league matches unbeaten, with three victories and four stalemates. Boca are on four home games without defeat, winning two and drawing two: they will return to La Bombonera after hosting Sarmiento at San Lorenzo in week two.
Defensa y Justicia produced an excellent reaction last Tuesday and managed three massive points by beating Sarmiento 3-2 away after trailing 2-0 at one point. El Halcon made it two consecutive successes in the Copa Liga Profesional to accumulate six points, climbing into one of the playoff spots in group B. In fact, their last victory allowed Julio Vaccari’s men to stop a four-match winless streak of one draw and three defeats on away turf. First-choice goalkeeper Enrique Bologna remains sidelined due to a knee problem.
Boca is finally scoring goals again after a poor semester last year but they are unreliable in defense and will face here this Defensa that scored 6 in 3 games so far this season, so I’ll go for the OVER here as I can see both teams scoring.