Anibal Moreno’s first strike as a professional footballer gave Newell’s Old Boys a highly-celebrated 1-0 home win over San Lorenzo. That win allowed them to climb into the seventh spot on 29 points after four league matches unbeaten (two wins and two draws). La Lepra has been irregular at home lately, grabbing seven points from the last 15 available.
Estudiantes put an end to a four-match winless run in the Superliga (one loss and three draws in a row) last weekend when beating Union Santa Fe 3-1 at home. That success allowed them to climb into one of the Copa Sudamericana spots on 28 points. However, El Pincha is winless in the last three on away turf, having lost one and drawn the last two. Estudiantes welcome back Marcos Rojo, who returns to his home club from English side Manchester United.
Newell’s was lucky to beat a very poor San Lorenzo team in an awful match last week, and now they have a tougher challenge against this renewed Estudiantes that added Mascherano and Marcos Rojo, so I expect the visitors to get at least a draw here.
BET: Estudiantes +0.25 @ 1.98