Lanus take on the visitors Argentinos Juniors in the round 8 match of Argentinian Liga Profesional. The match will be played on Monday, February 21st at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez (Lanús).
Lanus have left a rather controversial impression lately. On the one hand, over the last decade and a half there have been a lot of successes, in fact, since 2007 and they took all the main results: both champion titles, the finals of the Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores and, most importantly, the victory in 2013 in Copa Libertadores. On the other hand, last year's La Liga brought the “pomegranate” only 21 points after 27 matches and penultimate, 27th place! And before that, in the spring Diego Maradona Cup, he was 3rd from the bottom in his group. Of course, it would be necessary to add. But in fact, the wards of Dario Koudelka are far from going well even now. No, the start was really strong: 4 wins in a row. That's just after that lost and “Racing Avellaneda”, and “River Plate”, and with the “Belgrano” on the road ended in a goalless draw.
Argentinos Juniors in 2010 for the 3rd time in history alone, and after a pause of a quarter of a century, was able to take the champion title. True, after that there was already a fall into the 2nd division of the country, and a return from there. It seems that last season started well, when we managed to play in the playoffs of the Diego Maradona Cup. But the results in the league were more modest: 8th place. But judging by the fact that Gabi Milito, a well-known defender in the past, has retained his post since 2021, and this was recognized as quite a worthy result. In the new draw so far, the results are about the same, mediocre, but quite good. Enough victories, especially at home (over “Racing Avellaneda” and “Belgrano”), however, on the road at first there were “steering wheels”, with “Rosario Central”, “River Plate” and “Central Cordoba”. And with “Tiger” they even scored 1-0 on its field, however, after that on their own arena with great difficulty, due to the year in the 7th added minute, it turned out to snatch a draw with “Arsenal Sarandi”. However, it is too early to draw conclusions, the season, by and large, is just beginning to gain momentum, and can still change in any direction.
In recent years, the rivals alternate victories in the head-to-heads. But it should be noted that in 2022, Argentinos Juniors took a devastating 4-0 on the opponent’s field, at the same time taking revenge for the fact that the Red Bugs lost 0-1 in the fall of the previous year in their own arena. According to experts, this is a fairly equal pair. And it’s not particularly spectacular, so in the confrontation between these clubs, you should expect “total under 2.0 goals scored”
Prediction for the match: Under 2.0 scored goals.
