Godoy Cruz vs Independiente Prediction: Both teams are very ambitious in the Cup

A very interesting duel between teams from the best Argentinian League awaits us in Copa Argentina this Thursday. Godoy Cruz and Independiente will meet in the 1/8 finals of Copa Argentina in stadium Mario Alberto Kempes in Cordoba, and both teams have huge expectations and ambitions in the national Cup.

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Godoy Cruz are in great form, they have 3 wins, a draw, and a defeat in their last 5 matches. However, they are in 15th place in the league because of the bad start of the season. They leveled up their performances recently, and their ambitions got higher, especially in the Cup. In the previous round, they were very confident against El Porvenir, a team from the lower ranks of the Argentinian leagues and won 4:0.

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Independiente also started to play better recently. In their last 5 matches, they have 2 wins, 2 draws, and a defeat. They are in 19th place in the league but with only a point less than Godoy Cruz. Unlike Godoy Cruz, they started to play more defensively oriented, and it paid off for them in the recent matches. In the Cup, they also played against a team from lower ranks in the previous round, Juventud U.U., and won confidently 2:0.

These teams have very similar season, both of them started very badly and became better as the season went by. They played their last match in June in the league and Godoy Cruz won 2:1 at home. This match will be played in a neutral location, it’s a knockout stage and we can expect a different approach from both of them. In their last 6 matches, both teams managed to score at least a goal, and 4 of these matches ended with over 2.5 goals. I don’t expect of them to play too offensively or push too hard from the start, but I think that we will see another match between Godoy Cruz and Independiente in which both teams will score.