Godoy Cruz vs Velez

Godoy Cruz closed up an excellent campaign in the Copa Liga Profesional group stage with an unlucky 1-0 away defeat to Boca Juniors as Daniel Oldra’s men put up a worthy fight despite losing the game. That result also put an end to El Tomba’s two-match winning streak in this competition. However, Godoy Cruz finished as the best team in this round, accumulating 29 points in 14 matches.

Velez Sarsfield made it possible: they qualified for the quarter-finals by leapfrogging Independiente and Talleres thanks to their 1-0 away success at Independiente Rivadavia, with Francisco Pizzini netting the winner in the first half. El Fortin suffered a single defeat across their last 11 Copa Liga Profesional matches, alongside seven victories and three stalemates, which allowed them to climb into fourth spot of the group A table, accumulating 25 points. On Saturday, coach Gustavo Quinteros will be able to pick from all his regulars to meet Godoy Cruz.

Very open quarterfinals matchup here between Godoy Cruz, arguably the best team of the regular season and this solid Velez that has been going through a good tournament. The totals line seems way too low considering this is only a one leg series and a goal should open things up, so I’ll go for the OVER here.

BET: OVER 1.75 @ 1.81