Union de Santa Fe vs Atl. Tucuman Match Preview

In the last round of the Copa Diego Maradona group stage, Union de Santa Fe welcomes Tucuman. The match will be held behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The hosts failed to qualify for the next stage of Copa Sudamericana, as in the midweek game against Bahia from Brazil they were excluded after a bore draw in the regular time that followed their defeat in the first leg played in Brazil.

From now on, Juan Manuel Azconzabal's team will focus on the domestic league to reach the top-2 of the standings in the group stage. In the previous round, they suffered a 1-0 defeat against Racing Club, in a match where they created many chances but failed to score even once. Now they desperately need points to reach second place in the standings. The only missing for today's game is Ezequiel Cañete who was tested positive for Covid-19.

On the other hand, Ricardo Zielinsky's side continues to perform well, playing great football. Atletico Tucuman is having a great run in the league, coming from five consecutive wins and they are sitting at 1st place of their group. In the previous round, they did a huge comeback against Arsenal Sarandi, where they found themselves back in the score at the 89th minute, however, they managed to take the win by scoring 2 goals in the added time.

Now they are sitting at the top of their group, having a big margin from the 2nd place, and this gives a chance to the manager to rest his best players making a rotation for tonight's match.

The only missings for Union de Santa Fe are Cristian Damian Erbes and Javier Fabian Toledo.

Union de Santa Fe will seek the three valuable points to reach the 2nd place of the group, while Tucuman will play under no pressure with a big rotation. I will pick the draw in this one, an outcome that would probably satisfy both sides.