San Lorenzo vs Independiente Prediction: How will San Lorenzo react after losing 1st place?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, San Lorenzo will face Independiente at Estadio Pedro Bidegain in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after a surprising loss (1-0) away against Newell’s Old Boys. The visitors come from a win (3-0) against Ciudad Bolivar, for the Cup, and a draw (2-2) against Colon in the last round of the league.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

San Lorenzo comes to this game after a disappointing defeat against Newell's Old Boys (1-0). In addition to the defeat, the team's performance was even more disappointing, as it fell far short of its potential. The game was mostly dominated by Newell's Old Boys, who had numerous opportunities for a more comfortable victory, while San Lorenzo had few opportunities that they managed to create. The defeat turned out to be short-lived for San Lorenzo's horrible performance, which with the defeat lost 1st place to River Plate.

However, San Lorenzo remains the league's best-form team at home, with 5 wins from 5 home games. In addition, in those games, they have an impressive record of 10 goals scored and no goals conceded. San Lorenzo will certainly take advantage of the home advantage to get back to winning ways.

Despite the victory in the cup, Independiente comes to this game after the 4th consecutive draw for the league, against Colon (2-2). The game started very badly for Independiente, suffering early in the game in the 10th minute. However, shortly after managed to equalize in the 24th minute. They would still turn the score around, but when nobody expected, they ended up conceding a penalty in the last move of the match. Independiente had everything to break the cycle of draws, but they let the victory slip through their fingers. Despite not having many victories, Independiente is an extremely difficult team to beat, having only 2 defeats. The rest has 1 win and an impressive 5 draws. Surely Independiente will be able to cause difficulties for San Lorenzo and who knows, even surprise them.

The last 5 games between these 2 teams have been quite divided, with 1 victory for San Lorenzo, 1 victory for Independiente and 3 draws.

Goals were scored in 4 of those 5 games, but in just 1 there were more than 2 goals.

San Lorenzo comes in as favorites for the victory, as they are in second and they’ve always won at home.