Central Córdoba vs Unión de Santa Fe Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Central Córdoba

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Central Córdoba enter this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Superliga draw against Barracas Central.

In that game, Central Córdoba managed 35% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Central Córdoba, the goals were scored by Lucas Gamba (13') and Facundo Castelli (37'). At the other end, Barracas Central had 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Iván Tapia (59') and Franco Frías (88') scored for Barracas Central.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Central Córdoba have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Central Córdoba have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals along the way.

Heading into this contest, Central Córdoba have not won at home in their last 3 league games.

Unión de Santa Fe

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Sarmiento in Superliga action, Unión de Santa Fe and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Unión de Santa Fe managed 65% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For their opponents, Sarmiento got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Javier Toledo (17', 54') was the scorer for Sarmiento.

The attacking players from Unión de Santa Fe have been starved of goals over their previous 6 games, recording the poor return of just 2. In those fixtures, El Tatengue have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 12. That aside, time will tell if the trend will persist here in this match or not.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league fixture between the two was Superliga match day 27 on 22/10/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Unión de Santa Fe 1-4 Central Córdoba.

In that match, Unión de Santa Fe managed 61% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Daniel Juárez (41').

For their opponents, Central Córdoba had 8 shots at goal with 5 on target. Francisco González (37') and Renzo López (45', 50', 63') scored.

The match was refereed by Sebastián Martinez.

📰 Team News: Central Córdoba

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the lone fitness concern for the Central Córdoba gaffer Leonardo Madelón to contend with from of an almost fully healthy squad. Luis Miguel Rodríguez (Facial Fracture) misses out.

It seems likely that El Ferroviario should opt for a 4-2-3-1 system this time and select Marcos Ledesma, Brian Blasi, Gonzalo Goñi, Gustavo Canto, Marcelo Benítez, Mauro Pittón, Enzo Kalinski, Federico Jourdan, Facundo Castelli, Lucas Besozzi and Lucas Gamba.

📰 Team News: Unión de Santa Fe

Owing to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Unión de Santa Fe boss Sebastián Méndez has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.

We believe El Tatengue will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Santiago Mele, Federico Vera, Franco Calderón, Oscar Piris, Lucas Esquivel, Enzo Roldan, Luciano Aued, Imanol Machuca, M. Ezequiel Cañete, Kevin Zenon and Mauro Luna Diale.

🔮 Prediction

Our feeling is that Unión de Santa Fe and Central Córdoba won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.

We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought 0-0 score at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 23:49 14/05/2023