Newell’s – Godoy Cruz

Newell’s Old Boys showed another promising performance last Friday and secured a very important 2-0 away victory at Tigre, with Angelo Martino and Guillermo May scoring in the last minutes of the game. La Lepra made it two consecutive successes in the Copa Liga Profesional without even conceding to accumulate 14 points, entering the playoff zone in group B. Furthermore, Gabriel Heinze’s men are now just two points behind the last Copa Sudamericana spot in the aggregate table. At home, Newell’s lost their last game to Estudiantes (1-0), which stopped a ten-match unbeaten streak of four victories and six draws at Estadio Marcelo Bielsa in league action.

Godoy Cruz continue to get better as the season progresses. Last Thursday, the team secured a big 1-0 home success over San Lorenzo in a six-pointer regarding the continental tickets thanks to a goal from Roberto Fernandez in the first half. El Tomba accumulated 15 points in the Copa Liga Profesional, climbing into second spot of the group B table, and also reached the Copa Libertadores’ zone in the aggregate table after ten league games unbeaten (four victories and six draws), leapfrogging their last opponents. Godoy Cruz beat Estudiantes 1-0 in their last away game to break a ten-match winless streak of seven stalemates and three defeats on the road. Tomas Conechny returns from suspension on Thursday and Thomas Galdames is also available after his international duty.

I’ll go with the OVER here on this very low line, both need a win to get in the playoffs zone and with 4 rounds left they might not have many other opportunities.

BET: OVER 1.75 @ 1.77