Defensa y Justicia – Rosario Central

Defensa y Justicia continue to improve game after game. Last Friday, the team managed a 2-1 away success at Racing Club thanks to goals from Walter Bou and Franco Paredes. Following a six-match unbeaten streak in the league (five victories and one draw), El Halcon accumulated 31 points in the Liga Profesional and are now involved in the fight for a continental ticket (trailing Union Santa Fe, who are occupying the last Copa Sudamericana spot by one point in the aggregate table). Furthermore, Defensa are on eight home matches without defeat, having won six and drawn two since losing to Godoy Cruz in round two.

Meanwhile, Rosario Central wasted a big chance of climbing into one of the Copa Sudamericana spots in the aggregate table last Sunday, when they lost 3-1 at Union Santa Fe in a six-pointer. That defeat also stopped their four-game unbeaten streak of two victories and two draws in the league. The team continue producing an irregular campaign in this competition, accumulating 24 points in 19 games. On away turf, El Canalla haven’t won any of the last four, with two draws and two defeats since beating Banfield 2-1 in September.

8 goals scored by Defensa in the last 4 games, and I expect them to continue like this against this Rosario Central that has the 3rd worst defense of the league.

BET: OVER 2.5 @ 1.92