Boca Juniors vs Unión de Santa Fe Live Stream, Predictions

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Boca Juniors

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Boca Juniors are hoping to win again following the 1-3 Superliga victory against Barracas Central.

In that match, Boca Juniors had 79% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Boca Juniors, the goals were scored by Sebastián Villa (42'), Guillermo Fernández (59') and Ezequiel Zeballos (68'). Barracas Central got 5 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Neri Bandiera (45') was the scorer for Barracas Central.

Matches featuring Boca Juniors have usually been absorbing affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 20 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 14 of those belonging to Boca Juniors.

A look at their previous results shows us that Boca Juniors:

• have not been beaten in the league by Unión de Santa Fe in their previous 5 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Unión de Santa Fe

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against River Plate in Superliga competition, Unión de Santa Fe will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Unión de Santa Fe managed 53% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Unión de Santa Fe was Mariano Peralta (79'). River Plate got 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Braian Romero (16'), Enzo Fernández (59'), Julián Álvarez (73', 94') and Agustín Palavecino (87') scored for River Plate.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Unión de Santa Fe, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The average number of goals per game in that spell is 3.33, with the average number of goals for Unión de Santa Fe working out to 1.67. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Their previous form shows that Unión de Santa Fe:

• have not won against Boca Juniors when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 25/06/2017 tells us that Boca Juniors have won 4 of these & Unión de Santa Fe 1, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from Los Xeneizes and 4 for El Tatengue. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was Superliga match day 1 on 16/07/2021 which ended up with the score at Unión de Santa Fe 1-1 Boca Juniors.

On that day, Unión de Santa Fe had 55% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Fernando Márquez (81').

On the other side, Boca Juniors had 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Agustín Obando (10') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Nicolás Lamolina.

ℹ️ Team News: Boca Juniors

Norberto Briasco (Ankle Injury) and Agustín Almendra (Ankle Injury) are not available for Boca Juniors gaffer Sebastián Battaglia.

It seems likely that Los Xeneizes should use the 4-3-3 formation with Agustin Rossi, Luis Advincula, Carlos Izquierdoz, Marcos Rojo, Frank Fabra, Pol Fernández, Alan Varela, Oscar Romero, Exequiel Zeballos, Dario Benedetto and Sebastián Villa.

ℹ️ Team News: Unión de Santa Fe

With a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Unión de Santa Fe manager Gustavo Munúa doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this clash.

From our viewpoint, El Tatengue appear most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Santiago Mele, Federico Vera, Franco Calderón, Diego Polenta, Claudio Corvalan, M. Peralta Bauer, Enzo Roldan, Juan Ignacio Nardoni, Imanol Machuca, Mauro Luna Diale and Kevin Zenon.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Unión de Santa Fe should have enough to find the net against this Boca Juniors outfit, but that might not be enough to avoid a loss.

We reckon that it will be a 2-1 advantage for Boca Juniors when the full-time whistle blows. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:20 20/06/2022