Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia) – Union (Argentina)
Oriente Petrolero had nothing to do last Wednesday, when they ended up succumbing to a 3-0 away defeat at Fluminense: the rout could have been even heavier. On Saturday, the team recovered from that slump by beating Nacional Potosi 4-2 at home, which allowed them to stop a two-game losing streak in all competitions and also make it 12 points in eight rounds in the Bolivian Torneo Apertura, two behind Universitario Sucre, who occupy the last playoff berth in group A. Oriente are usually confident at home: they won seven of their last eight, only losing to Blooming in March.
Union Santa Fe had to settle for a 1-1 home draw against Junior from Colombia last Wednesday in an entertaining match and are now trailing leaders Fluminense by two points in group H. On Saturday, coach Gustavo Munua didn’t introduce several changes in the XI and his team beat Newell’s Old Boys 1-0 at home to climb into the last playoff berth in the Copa Liga Profesional group A with 17 points. That result also stopped a four-match winless streak in regular time (three draws and one loss in all competitions). Union have been weak on the road lately: they are on five without a win, drawing three and losing two.
The last 6 Oriente Petrolero games had at least 3 goals showing they are terrible in defense and Union has been weak playing away, so I can imagine an open game here where the hosts can’t afford not to win.
BET: OVER 2 @ 1.80