In spite of having lost most of their regulars in the transfer window, Talleres remain tough. Last time out, they beat Newell’s Old Boys 3-1 at home to secure their first three points in this competition thanks to goals from Nahuel Tenaglia, Tomas Pochettino and Diego Valoyes. The team managed five victories in their last six competitive matches, only losing to Patronato in that span. In addition, Alexander Medina’s men won their last four home games consecutively. Talleres boss Alexander Medina can pick from all his regulars to host Lanus on Monday.
Lanus put up a good fight against defending league champions Boca Juniors but they ended up losing 2-1 at home. That result made it seven winless matches in domestic action for Luis Zubeldia’s men, who drew four and lost three in that spell. On away turf, Lanus are on six without a win in national competitions, having earned only three points since beating Huracan 1-0 in November 2019. On Wednesday 4, Lanus lost 4-3 at Sao Paulo from Brazil in the return leg of the Copa Sudamericana’s round-of-32. Therefore, they advanced to the round-of-16 via the away goals rule.
Talleres scored 3 against Newell’s last week and Lanus comes from some high scoring games plus they will have club legend striker Lautaro Acosta as a starter, so I expect an open game with goals.