Barracas Central vs Huracan
Barracas Central showed strong defensive discipline and earned a valuable point with a 0-0 draw away to Unión Santa Fe. Despite winning just one of their last eight league matches (along with five draws and two losses), El Guapo remain well-positioned to achieve both of their objectives this semester: on one hand, they have 22 points in the Torneo Clausura and will qualify for the playoffs if avoiding the defeat; on the other, they stay inside the Copa Sudamericana zone in the overall table and need to win to secure qualification for an international competition for the first time in their 121-year history (if they fail, they’ll have to wait for additional spots to open up).
Huracán played one of their worst matches of the season last weekend, losing 2-0 at home to Newell’s Old Boys, who came in desperate to avoid relegation. It was their third defeat in the last four league games (along with just one win) and it complicated all of their objectives: El Globo dropped to 12th place in Group A with 19 points and will need to win and wait for Belgrano and Defensa y Justicia not to do so in order to reach the playoffs. They also sit 11th in the aggregate table and need a win to climb to 10th in the annual table and wait for an additional spot on the international competitions depending on who wins the Clausura and the Copa Sudamericana.
Even though they depend on other results Huracan must win and by as many goals as possible, for Barracas even a defeat could put them in the playoffs but they will also try to win to confirm a place in next year’s Copa Sudamericana and play their first ever international competition, so I expect a game with at least a couple of goals because the draw is the same for both.