Talleres vs Arsenal
Talleres are flying high in the league at the moment. Last Saturday, the team showed an enjoyable display of football to beat Tigre 3-1 away. In fact, they should have won by a larger margin. As a result, Javier Gandolfi’s men are now on six league matches unbeaten (five victories and one draw) to make it 37 points in the Liga Profesional table, climbing into second spot and trailing leaders River Plate by four with eight rounds to go. At home, Talleres secured 13 points from the last 15 available, winning four and drawing one in that time. On Tuesday 6, Talleres beat second-tier side Chacarita Juniors 2-0 in the Copa Argentina first round.
Sarandi Arsenal seem to be comfortable when it comes to facing big opponents. Last time out, the team claimed a deserved 1-0 home success over defending champions Boca Juniors thanks to a strike from Joaquin Pombo in the first half, making it two wins across their last three league games (along with one defeat) and accumulating 17 points in 19 rounds of Liga Profesional action (which places them as the worst squad in the league). However, El Viaducto still have a lot of work to do in order to avoid relegation as they remain bottom in the point-average table, trailing the last safe place by 13 points with 22 rounds to go. In fact, Arsenal are on seven away matches without a win, having taken a single point from 21 on offer in that spell.
I have to go here with Talleres, one of the best teams in the league right now against this hopeless Arsenal.