Atletico Tucuman vs Defensa y Justicia Match Preview

Atletico Tucuman faces Defensa y Justiia at Estadio Monumental José Fierro for the last round of the regular season of Copa de la Liga Profesional.

The hosts returned to winning ways in the previous round after their defeats against Boca Juniors and Talleres Cordoba, by prevailing 1-0 over Independiente on the road. This was undoubtedly a big win for them in a very strong home field against such an opponent. Currently, they are ranked 8th in the standings with 15 points, remaining 3 points behind the 4th spot.

Considering their difference from the top-four spots, they have some slight hopes to qualify for the playoffs, however, Union de Santa FE and Independiente must lose on their games, while Lanus must not get a positive result either. In addition, they have to seek all three points here against a team that plays without any goals or motivation. Guillermo Acosta is unavailable as he was red-carded in the previous match.

Defensa y Justicia suffered a 0-1 defeat to Union de Santa FE, remaining low in the standings, at the 10th spot with just 12 points. Their's no goals left for Sebastian Beccacece and his team in Copa de la Liga Profesional, so I think that the final result of this match is without any sense for them.

In Copa Libertadores, the visitors suffered their first defeat to Palmeiras in the 3rd round by 1-2. The team currently faces significant problems with the Covid-19 pandemic, as Francisco Pizzini, Adonis Frias, Eugenio Isnaldo, Lautaro Tomas Escalante, Carlos Rodolfo Rotondi, Miguel Merentiel, and Fernando Meza were tested positive and their manager had to call players from the second team (U21) to fill his roster.

I think that Atletico Tucuman has the upper hand to win here, but still, only with a miracle, they could finish in the 4th spot of the standings. The visitors, on the other hand, suffer from a lot of missings while a crucial match for Copa Libertadores against Universitario on the road. is following Over 2.5 goals to be scored is my final call for this one.