AA Argentinos Juniors vs Club Atlético Tucumán Prediction

This Liga Profesional match between Argentinos Juniors and Club Atlético Tucumán will be key in the latter’s push towards second place as Club Atlético Tucumán are only two points behind and sat in sixth place. Argentinos Juniors will be looking to cause an upset as they won’t give away free points, especially at home.

Key Stats

• Club Atlético Tucumán have lost their previous 2 games in the league
• Argentinos Juniors are ranked third in the league for possession (58.4%)
• Club Atlético Tucumán are ranked first in the league for possession won in the final third (5.1)

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Both of these sides have unexpected starts to the season. Juniors have started the season very poorly, currently finding themselves in 19th place compared to last seasons tenth place finish whereas Tucumán are in flying form in sixth, much better than the 11th they ended up achieving last year.

Argentinos Juniors and Club Atlético Tucumán have found that their goals have come from a plethora of different players which is why their club top goalscorers this season have five and four goals respectively.

Argentinos Juniors Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Diego Rodríguez; Román Vega, Tobías Ramírez Cardozo, Francisco Álvarez, Kevin Coronel; Nicolás Oroz, Francis Mac Allister, Alan Rodríguez (c); Alan Lescano; Gastón Verón, José Herrera

Argentinos Juniors have had a challenging season so far. They currently find themselves occupying 19th place with 18 points after 15 matches. Their record is five wins, seven losses and three draws. This marks a noticeable drop in performances in comparison to previous campaigns, where they finished in eighth and tenth the last two seasons.

Despite some promising individual performances, the team has struggled to maintain consistency. The departure of centre forward Luciano Gondou to Zenit St Petersburg for a fee of €12 million has affected Juniors as they no longer have an out and out striker they can rely on for goals. They do have Santiago Rodríguez however. He bagged himself five goals and an assist as well as Alan Lescano has achieved five goal contributions. El Bicho Colorado have conceded a total of 16 goals while scoring only 11 so they could find the attack of Atlético Tucumán quite difficult to cover.

Club Atlético Tucumán Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Tomás Durso; Juan Infante, Nicolás Romero, Matías De los Santos, Moisés Brandán; Franco Nicola, Guillermo Acosta (c), Adrián Sánchez, Renzo Tesuri; Mateo Bajamich, Marcelo Estigarribia

Club Atlético Tucumán Juniors have had a the opposite season to Juniors so far. They are flying and currently find themselves in 6th place with 25 points after 15 matches. Second place is within distance as they have 27 points so a win and they could potentially take that spot. Atlético Tucumán’s record from those 15 games ins seven wins, four losses and four draws. This season has been a magnificent improvement from the previous editions when they were finished in 11th place.

Similar to Juniors, El Decano have got two players with six and five goal contributions each. Winger Renzo Tesuri has provided two assists and four goals whereas striker Marcelo Estigarribia has scored three times and made two assists. Those two, including the rest of the attack, have ensured that Atlético Tucumán have scored a total of 17 times but, like Argentinos, they have conceded 16 goals, giving Juniors an opportunity to exploit that.

Head To Head Stats: Argentinos Juniors vs Club Atlético Tucumán

There have been just 12 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

Atlético Tucumán hold the advantage over Argentinos Juniors by a single win, as they have four wins to Juniors’ three. There has been five times where these two clubs could not find a winner making Atlético Tucumán’s win ratio in this fixture 25%.

The last five faceoffs have been split in Juniors’ favour, winning twice and sharing a point in a draw twice as well. Club Atlético Tucumán have won once in that time span, and they could add to their record versus Lazio in this match.

7th February 2024 – Atlético Tucumán 0-0 Argentinos Juniors – Copa de la Liga Profesional

3rd September 2023 – Argentinos Juniors 2-2 Atlético Tucumán – Copa de la Liga Profesional

13th May 2023 – Atlético Tucumán 1-2 Argentinos Juniors – Liga Profesional

20th Semptember 2022 – Argentinos Juniors 1-2 Atlético Tucumán – Liga Profesional

21st April 2022 – Atlético Tucumán 2-4 Argentinos Juniors – Copa de la Liga Profesional

Betting Tips For Argentinos Juniors vs Atlético Tucumán

Argentinos Juniors have the advantage across the last five meetings headed into this one and that will serve as a benefit for them mentally knowing that Atlético Tucumán have been beaten by them before. If they head into this match like that then their league position will be irrelevant going forward.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with a AA Argentinos Juniors To Win as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 21/20 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £20.50 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Argentinos Juniors vs Atlético Tucumán

Argentinos Juniors 2-1 Atlético Tucumán

Juniors seem to have had the better of Atlético Tucumán over the recent years and we can see them extending their winning streak in this match. The fact that they are in the lower half of the table will help them to have the motivation going into this match to try and overcome their current struggles.