Lanus played their best game in this competition to beat defending league champions Boca Juniors 2-1 away (with Nicolas Orsini netting a brace). Therefore, the team made it four points (sitting in the third spot in group 4, two behind Boca Juniors in second) and also stopped their nine-game winless run in the top flight (five draws and four defeats). At home, El Granate are on five domestic matches without a win, having drawn two and lost the last three. Lanus lost 2-1 at Bolivar in Bolivia on Wednesday 25 in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana’s round-of-16. However, Luis Zubeldia will continue to pick his best XI in both competitions. Â
Talleres remain as league leaders in group 4 on eight points after their 1-1 away draw at Newell’s Old Boys. Tomas Pochettino netted the equaliser in the second half in spite of Juan Mendez’s sending-off earlier in the game. Alexander Medina’s men are now unbeaten in their last six competitive games (having won four and drawn two) and also clinched seven points from the last nine on offer on away turf.Â
Lanus has to win here if they want to have a chance at going to the championship stage, but at the same time I can’t imagine them being in top form after a midweek effort in Copa Sudamericana so I expect goals here.