Tigre vs Lanus
Tigre are experiencing terrible form at the moment. Last time out, the team showed a poor version and succumbed to a surprising 2-0 away defeat at relegation candidates Sarandi Arsenal in round eight. That result represented their third consecutive loss in league action: in fact, the team won only one of their last seven in this competition, drawing two and losing four. Following this streak, El Matador remain on eight points in the Liga Profesional table, just three points above bottom-placed Colon. Furthermore, Tigre are winless in their last four matches at home, securing a single point from the last 12 available.
Lanus are deflating their performance after a remarkable start in the Liga Profesional. Last time out, the team registered a scoreless home stalemate against Argentinos Juniors in an uneventful game. As a result, they are now holding a four-match winless streak of two draws and two defeats, which places them in fifth place of the league rankings on 14 points, four behind leaders River Plate. On a positive note, Lanus managed seven points from 12 available on the road, having won two, drawn one and lost one so far.
This is a game that can go either way as both have been very irregular lately, but I like the chances of having an open game as they both need to bounce back and they have good strikers to do it, like Tigre’s Mateo Retegui, the top scorer of the league so far who debuted scoring two goals in two games with the italian national team.