Godoy Cruz vs Temperley

Godoy Cruz climbed into second spot of the table following their fifth consecutive victory in the Superliga. With striker Santiago Garcia netting a brace, they thrashed San Lorenzo 5-0 away from home playing excellent football. The side are performing their best top-flight campaign in history, accumulating 43 points. At home, El Tomba have been almost perfect this term, with nine victories and a single defeat.

Temperley netted a penalty through Fernando Brandan to rescue a point after a 2-2 draw against Lanus at home. However, they reached ten matches without a win in the Superliga and accumulated 17 points in the whole season.

El Gasolero need to win their five remaining matches to keep a tiny possibility of avoiding relegation and that’s basically impossible considering that they are on eight games without a victory on away turf, earning just four points in that spell.

Godoy Cruz seem unbeatable at home and should overcome poor travellers Temperley who knows that will be relegated no matter what they do.

BET: Godoy Cruz -1 @ 2.0

Lanus vs Banfield

Big rivalry makes this one of the modern derbys in Argentina, between this two clubs from the south of Buenos Aires. Lanus produced a good performance and were closed to beating Temperley last Saturday, but they had to settle for a 2-2 away draw after a controversial penalty in the 92nd minute. The side claimed a single victory in their last seven league matches and are on just 24 points, but they’ve been unlucky as their performances have been in general much better than this poor results.

Meanwhile, Banfield arrive to this derby after a solid 3-0 home victory over soon to be relegated Olimpo. Having claimed ten points from the last 15 available, they are now on 29 points and keep chances of qualifying for the next Copa Sudamericana. Banfield produced mixed results on away turf this term, with four victories and four losses in a total of ten games and for this game won’t have Nicolas Bertolo, one of their best attacking players.

As all derbies this should be a hard fought game, but considering that Lanus is at their stadium and that their recent games have shown them playing better, I expect a home win.

BET: Lanus DNB @ 1.79

Defensa y Justicia vs Racing Club

Defensa y Justicia made history last time out, when beating Boca Juniors for the first time ever via a 2-1 scoreline at La Bombonera. With striker Fernando Marquez netting a brace, El Halcon managed to break a three-game winless streak and reach 32 points, which is still not enough allowed them to climb into a Copa Sudamericana place but puts them closer to it.

Racing Club’s five-match home winning streak has been stopped last Sunday, when the team lost to River Plate 2-0. In an even game, they weren’t able to beat goalkeeper Franco Armani and couldn’t secure points, which also ended La Academia’s eight-game unbeaten run in the Superliga. Racing remain on 36 points and have slid out of the Copa Libertadores spots. On away turf, they claimed eight points from the last 12 available. There are no doubts that Racing has right now the best attack in the Argentinean league.

Ricardo Centurion will be back for this game after serving his suspension what means that their offense will be in full force, but the problem is in defense where they will miss 3 of their usual starters. Defensa y Justicia is also a top 5 attack in the league but they also have the worst defense of the top 15 teams, so it’s obvious that I expect goals here.

BET: OVER 2.5 @ 2.0