Godoy Cruz vs Instituto
Godoy Cruz saw their five-match unbeaten streak of two victories and three draws in league action coming to an end last Monday, when the team weren’t able to show their best version and suffered a deserved 2-0 away defeat at Banfield. Nevertheless, the side are still producing a decent campaign, accumulating 38 points, which allows them to stay occupying the last Copa Sudamericana berth so far. In fact, Godoy Cruz are on ten home matches unbeaten in this competition, winning six and drawing four since losing to Estudiantes 1-0 in February. Goalkeeper Diego Rodriguez reached the yellow-card limit and is suspended for Sunday.
Instituto took three massive points last Tuesday, when beating Lanus 2-1 at home with striker Adrian Martinez netting the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time. La Gloria made it two consecutive victories in the Liga Profesional and the third across the last five games, along with one draw and one defeat. Thanks to that streak, Diego Dabove’s men made it 32 points in the league table, moving up to 22nd place in the point-average rankings. Instituto won 2-0 away at Sarandi Arsenal in their last away game to stop a seven-game winless streak of one draw and six losses on the road.
Godoy Cruz has scored 2 or more goals in their last 5 home games, so while I think they should win here, I’ll go for the over as they won’t have their goalkeeper and I expect them to concede as well like they did in 4 of those 5 games.