Gimnasia vs Argentinos Jrs
Gimnasia LP continue to improve in the league. Last Monday, the team secured a massive 1-0 away success at Belgrano thanks to a strike from Lucas Castro in the 89th minute. El Lobo made it three Liga Profesional matches unbeaten, winning two and drawing one to make it 17 points in this competition, also escaping from potential relegation threats in the aggregate table. On a sorry note, Gimnasia managed a single point from the last nine on offer at Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo.
Argentinos Juniors showed improvements after coach Pablo Guede’s departure. Under interim boss Cristian Zermatten, the team left good impressions against league leaders Huracan, but they ended up drawing 0-0 at home. As a result, El Bicho extended their winless streak to four league games, drawing two and losing two to make it 14 points in the Liga Profesional rankings. This irregular campaign still allows them to occupy the last Copa Sudamericana spot in the aggregate table. In addition, Argentinos managed a single point across the last six league matches on the road. Striker Luciano Gondou has been sold to Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg.
Argentinos sold their best striker who has already debuted and scored playing for Russian club Zenit, and they also have Maxi Romero injured which means that their attack is really diminished: they couldn’t score in 6 of their last 8 games. Gimnasia has been irregular so far but they won 3 of the last 4, in those 3 wins they didn’t even concede a goal, so I’ll trust them here.