Union vs Velez
Union Santa Fe haven’t seen league action last weekend following a mild accident during their trip to visit Talleres. In their last match, the team beat Godoy Cruz 2-1 at home to make it six Liga Profesional matches unbeaten (four victories and two draws). El Tatengue are performing a remarkable campaign, accumulating 18 points. In fact, despite having one game in hand, Gustavo Munua’s men remain occupying one of the Copa Sudamericana places in the 2022 aggregate table.
Despite fielding a rotated XI, Velez Sarsfield secured a valuable point in their last league game, drawing 1-1 away at Godoy Cruz, who had grabbed all 12 points available at home beforehand. El Fortin extended their winless streak to seven league games, registering five draws and two defeats in that spell. As a result, Alexander Medina’s men continue producing an irregular campaign in the Liga Profesional, having earned nine points. Furthermore, Velez are winless on away turf in this competition, having drawn four and lost two. On Wednesday 3, Velez won 3-2 at home over Talleres in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals. All regulars are available for Saturday, but coach Alexander Medina will field an alternative XI ahead of the return leg at Talleres.
Union are a solid team and should be able to beat this Velez that will use lots of reserves because of their midweek Copa Libertadores game.