Lanus vs Rosario Central

Lanus wasted another big chance of approaching the Copa Libertadores’ places last Monday, when they lost 3-1 at Racing Club despite having taken the first lead. The team are without a win in their last four league games (two draws and two losses), which means they remain on 36 points in this competition and are now five points behind the last Libertadores’ spot in the aggregate table. El Granate are on five matches unbeaten at their own stadium, but they won only one of those and drew the last four.

Rosario Central couldn’t hold onto their 2-0 lead and ended up settling for a 2-2 home draw against the recently-crowned champions River Plate. Striker Marco Ruben netted a brace and became the club’s topscorer in the professional era. El Canalla made it three consecutive Liga Profesional games unbeaten (two wins and one draw) to accumulate 31 points in the league table, but failed to climb into one of the Copa Sudamericana spots in the aggregate rankings (now trailing Union Santa Fe, who occupy the last qualifying berth, by one point).

Lanus has already secured one of the Copa Sudamericana places, Rosario Central needs to win or their chances could be almost gone, so I expect an open game here.

BET: OVER 2.75 @ 1.75