Tigre – Defensa y Justicia

Tigre put up a very good fight away at Velez Sarsfield, the best team in the league at the moment, but they ended up losing 1-0 following Gian Nardelli’s own goal in the 75th minute. That result put an end to their five-match unbeaten streak of two victories and three stalemates in this competition. El Matador remain on 26 points in the Liga Profesional, which keeps them just one point above the bottom spot in the aggregate table, occupied by Sarmiento. At home, Tigre are on five unbeaten, winning two and drawing three since losing to Godoy Cruz 2-0 in August.

Defensa y Justicia don’t want to give up on their fight to clinch a continental ticket. Last time out, the team secured a highly celebrated 2-1 home success over Argentinos Juniors in a six-pointer, with Luciano Herrera netting the winner in the 83rd minute. El Halcon made it three league games unbeaten, winning two and drawing one to accumulate 22 points in the Liga Profesional, which places them just one point behind their last opponents in the aggregate table, where Argentinos are occupying the last Copa Sudamericana berth. Defensa beat Belgrano 2-1 in their last away game to stop a ten-match winless run of two draws and eight losses on the road in domestic action. Captain Kevin Gutierrez is suspended for Monday after reaching the yellow-card limit. Santiago Ramos Mingo returns and Nicolas Palavecino remains out injured.

Defensa will have two important missings in midfield in Gutierrez and Palavecino while Tigre has been improving game after game lately and I expect them to win here.

BET: Tigre -0.25 @ 1.89