Lanus vs Godoy Cruz
Lanus had to settle for a disappointing 1-1 home stalemate against relegation candidates CA Central Cordoba last weekend. El Granate continue to produce an irregular campaign, accumulating 16 points in the Liga Profesional after winning only one of their last four games in this competition (along with one stalemate and two losses). However, Ricardo Zielinski’s men remain occupying one of the Copa Sudamericana berths in the aggregate table. Lanus remain unbeaten in their last five home matches in domestic action, having won four and drawn one. On Wednesday 21, Lanus won 3-1 against LDU Quito and advanced to the Quarterfinals of Copa Sudamericana. Abel Luciatti will serve his second match suspended after his red card at Deportivo Riestra. Leandro Diaz, Raul Loaiza and Ramiro Carrera are ready to return.
Godoy Cruz played their best match in the Liga Profesional last Monday, when they secured an easy 4-1 home success over newcomers Deportivo Riestra. El Tomba are now holding a three-match winning streak in league action and also made it four victories across the last five in this competition, along with a single defeat. Daniel Oldra’s men accumulated 15 points in 11 rounds and climbed into fourth spot of the aggregate table, missing the Copa Libertadores’ zone just by goal difference. Godoy Cruz won 2-0 at Tigre in their last away game to break a five-game winless streak of two draws and three losses on the road.
Lanus has scored and conceded in 7 of their last 8 games (and in the other one they conceded twice and couldn’t score), Godoy Cruz is coming from scoring 4 last week and won’t have their best defender, Pier Barrios, who is injured, so this should be an open game with at least a couple of goals.