Huracan vs San Lorenzo Prediction: A battle for the 4th place

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Huracan will face San Lorenzo at Estadio Tomás Adolfo Duco in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after grabbing an important victory (1-0) against Boston River for the Copa Libertadores Qualifiers. As for the league, Huracan comes from a disappointing draw (1-1) against the struggling Colon. The visitors come from a victory (1-0) against Union Santa Fe, which allowed them to surpass Huracan on the table.

Going into this matchup, Huracan hasn't lost a single game, the only in the league with this record. Nonetheless, last match's disappointing draw took them the possibility to jump to 1st place in round 5. Huracan sits 5th on the table, with 11 points.

Huracan still has one of the best offenses in the league (tied with Lanus, Talleres Cordoba, and Defensa y Justicia) with 10 goals in just 5 matches, averaging an astounding 2 goals per match. They haven't scored in only one of the five league matches they've played so far.

Despite having one of the best offenses, they struggle to maintain defensive consistency. They conceded another goal last round, bringing the total to 5, with an average of one goal conceded per match.

Huracan must improve their game and concede fewer goals per match in order to compete at the top of the table.

Going into this matchup, San Lorenzo keeps carrying their winning momentum, with 3 straight wins. Last round win allowed them to overtake Huracan on the table, sitting in 4th with 12 points, one more than Huracan.

San Lorenzo put in another solid performance, grabbing once again the 3 points in a 1-0 victory against Union Santa Fe. For the 4th game they kept a clean sheet, the third straight without conceding a goal. With just 2 conceded goals they are so far the best defensive team in the league. They didn't score many goals, having just 5 goals scored in 5 matches, averaging just 1 goal per game, the last on the top 10 teams of the table. Yet, their solid performances in every match is bringing them victories and confidence to fight every game for the 3 points.

Can they maintain their solid defensive performances against one of the best goal scoring teams so far?

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, Huracan has won 2 of them, with 2 draws, and 1 victory to San Lorenzo. Yet, of the last 5 matchups where Huracan played at home, Huracan has won 3, drawn 2 and San Lorenzo hadn’t any victory.

Goals were scored in 4 the 5 matches, with an average of 1.6 goals per match. In just 1 of these matches were scored more than 2 goals.

This will be a really tight match as both teams need the points to keep on top of the table. Goals are to be expected in this game, but given both teams' recent track records, not many are expected.