Tigre (Argentina) vs Puerto Cabello (Venezuela)
Tigre fans will have felt frustrated after the team’s scoreless home draw against Deportes Tolima in week four as they wasted several goalscoring chances. El Matador remain sitting in second spot of the group D table on seven points, but just two above their last opponents in third. Last Friday, El Matador succumbed to an unexpected 3-1 home defeat to Talleres, which dropped them down to the 16th spot of the league table on 22 points, just four above the relegation place. In total, Tigre are on six matches without a win (three draws and three losses) since beating Academia Puerto Cabello 3-0 away in early May. At home, they are winless in the last four, drawing three and losing one.
Academia Puerto Cabello are out of chances in the Copa Sudamericana. Last time out, they had nothing to do against Sao Paulo’s offensive power and ended up losing 2-0 at home against the Brazilian giants. That result means the team remain pointless after four rounds in this competition. It was their last competitive game considering the Venezuelan league will resume in two weeks: Noel Sanvicente’s men remain as table toppers on 35 points in 14 matches, nine above Deportivo Tachira. The aforementioned defeat put an end to a two-game winning streak in all tournaments. Puerto Cabello lost just two of their last nine on the road, winning six and drawing one.
Tigre won’t have their top scorer Mateo Retegui but that shouldn’t be a problem against this terrible venezuelan team that has 0 points and 0 goals scored in 4 matches in this competition.