Two in-form teams meet in the 21st round of action in the Argentine Primera Division Saturday as fifth-placed Lanus faces second-placed Talleres de Cordoba at home.
Both sides have been undefeated for weeks but will one team lose its unbeaten streak in the head-to-head clash? Bookmaker 10bet has the odds at 2.75 for Lanus to win and at 2.70 for Talleres to pick up the three points.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: June 23rd, 8:00 P.M. (EST)
Lanus has avoided defeat in five consecutive league outings and has dropped just one of its last 11 games, while Talleres has suffered one defeat in 12 matches and heads to the Estadio Ciudad de Lanus with a seven-game unbeaten streak. During the run, Javier Gandolfi’s men have dropped just two points, and the team must feel extremely confident right now.
A lot of Talleres’ success has come from Michael Santos’ incredible form. The Uruguayan forward is the league’s leading scorer with 12 goals and also boasts four assists through 20 appearances. Having conceded 17 times in 20 games, Talleres’ defensive record is pretty average but the prolific work of Santos has helped the team fly high on the table.
Backup striker Nahuel Bustos has also impressed in front of goals, netting six times despite logging only 408 minutes of action. The 24-year-old has bounced around a lot of teams in recent seasons but appears to have now found a comfortable situation for himself by rejoining his hometown team.
Lanus isn’t great at the back either with 19 goals conceded so far. The team regularly makes its life difficult by giving up the first goal and it’s resulted in a lot of draws lately. Can the Granate buck the trend Saturday?
To get back to winning ways, Lanus definitely needs to get Leandro Diaz scoring again. He was on fire earlier in the campaign and still sits among the league’s top scorers with 10 goals, but the 31-year-old has been limited to only two goals in his last seven league appearances.
Talleres has been picking teams apart one after one lately but will the red-hot form turn the tide in the match-up against Lanus? The side from Cordoba hasn’t won a single game against its Saturday’s opponent since 2017. Lanus triumphed 1-0 in the most recent meeting via a Franco Troyansky penalty and has won three of the last four clashes.
