Defensa y Justicia vs Barracas Central
Defensa y Justicia continue to struggle in the league. Last time out, they suffered a heavy blow on their visit to Instituto, losing 4-1 away despite having taken the first lead. El Halcon are producing a poor campaign in the Liga Profesional, accumulating eight points in 12 rounds so far. In fact, they claimed a single win across their last 13 league games, drawing six and losing six to stay far away from the continental spots in the aggregate table. As a result, coach Francisco Meneghini left the club. On a positive note, Defensa lost only one of their last eight home encounters in domestic action, with four wins and three draws in that time. Centre back Lucas Ferreira is suspended for Saturday after seeing a red card at Instituto. Coach Pablo De Muner will make his debut at the club on Saturday.
Barracas Central are getting worse match after match. Last time out, the team were dominated from beginning to end and succumbed to a devastating 5-0 home defeat to Velez Sarsfield at Huracan. As a result, El Guapo made it 11 Liga Profesional matches without a win, drawing five and losing six. Alejandro Orfila’s men remain on eight points in the respective table, which keeps them out of the fight for a continental berth. As a result, coach Alejandro Orfila left the club. On away turf, Barracas haven’t won any of the last five, with three stalemates and two defeats. Fernando Beron will take over as interim boss on Saturday. Goalkeeper Sebastian Moyano remains sidelined.
Two of the worst defenses in the league meet here, coming from conceding 4 and 5 respectively in their last game. Also they’ll both be under interim coaches due to the latest terrible results and they have nothing to play for until the end of this year, so I expect to see an open game here with goals.