Huracan vs Godoy Cruz
Huracan returned to losing ways last Saturday, when they suffered a narrow 1-0 away defeat at Lanus in an entertaining game. El Globo are performing quite irregularly in the Liga Profesional so far, accumulating 16 points in 15 matches after winning only one of the last 11 in this competition, along with three stalemates and seven defeats. Following that streak, coach Diego Dabove left the club. Huracan won their last home match in league action (2-1 at home against Sarandi Arsenal) to break a four-game winless streak of two draws and two losses at their own stadium in domestic action. Coach Sebastian Battaglia will make his debut on Friday. Winger Juan Gauto is involved in the U20 World Cup and will miss out.
Godoy Cruz experienced a little slump last Friday in the context of their good form under interim boss Daniel Oldra: the team had to settle for a scoreless draw against bottom-placed Union Santa Fe playing as hosts at Gimnasia Mendoza. However, El Tomba also extended their unbeaten streak to six league matches (two victories and four stalemates), making it 22 points in 15 rounds, which is a more than decent campaign for them. On the road, Godoy Cruz secured seven points from the last nine available.
New Huracan coach Sebastian Battaglia has a lot of work to do to improve this poor team that won only 1 of the last 11 and I don’t think he can do it after only a couple of training sessions, so I’m going with the visitors not to lose.