Atletico Mineiro (Brazil) – Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Atletico Mineiro managed a valuable scoreless draw at Boca Juniors last Tuesday, which means they need to win at home in order to advance to the Copa Libertadores’ quarter-finals. On Saturday, the team beat Corinthians 2-1 on the road to climb into second spot of the Brazilian league table on 25 points, three behind leaders Palmeiras. Overall, Cuca’s men have been unbeaten in their last six competitive matches, winning five and drawing one. At home, O Galo took 13 points from the last 15 on offer since losing to Fortaleza 2-1 in May.
Boca Juniors will face a tough task on Tuesday following their 0-0 home stalemate last Tuesday: the team would qualify for next round in the event of winning or drawing with goals in Belo Horizonte. Last Friday, coach Miguel Angel Russo fielded a completely alternative XI to visit Union Santa Fe and the team ended up drawing 1-1 in the Liga Profesional’s opener. After that result, they hold the last Copa Libertadores’ spot in the 2021 aggregate table. El Xeneize are on six games unbeaten in all competitions, but they won only one of those in regular time. On the road, Boca grabbed a single point from the last 12 on offer.
It’s been a long time since Boca played a good game and I think this is the end of the road for them in this competition.
BET: Atletico Mineiro -0.5 @ 1.85