Union Santa Fe vs Boca Juniors Predictions

Saturday’s Superliga Argentina clash sees Union de Santa Fe doing battle with Boca Juniors. An exciting game is expected to be in order with plenty of action at both ends of the pitch.

It’s been a good couple of weeks for Union, with respective 3-0 and 3-1 wins over Atletico Tucuman and Huracan putting the side in excellent spirits coming into Saturday’s game. Not only that, but El Tate now find themselves in the Copa Sudamericana places with just 5 matches left to play until the end of the season.

Having also qualified for said competition via their finish in last season’s Superliga, Union are enjoying one of their best spells in their entire history under boss Leonardo Madelon. With a bumper crowd expected at the Estadio 15 de Abril due to Boca being in town, those taking to the pitch will be looking to put on a show and maintain the excellent standards they’ve been setting over recent matches.

Meanwhile, Boca picked up an excellent result last time out to bounce back from a home defeat to Atletico Tucuman, seeing off Superliga surprise package Defensa y Justicia 1-0 away from home. Nonetheless, 10 points behind leaders Racing, it’s apparent that El Xeneize won’t be retaining their title this season and currently 3rd, all focus can only be holding onto a Copa Libertadores place.

Boss Gustavo Alfaro has made a decent enough start to his reign, since inheriting a group in poor spirits at the start of 2019. Whilst the start of continental action next week is the visitors’ main priority, this is still an important game for them and as such, a strong starting XI should be fielded, even if a few rotations are made as expected.

Ultimately, we’re expecting an exciting game here and it should be one of the more attractive fixtures to watch in the Superliga this weekend. Union are typically quite attacking on home soil and in good form, they’ll be hopeful of giving a Boca outfit that are stronger than them on paper a run for their money.

All things considered, it’s backing both teams to score that appeals as far as the betting goes and said market is exactly where our money is going. 2 of Union’s last 3 matches have seen both nets hit, as have 3 of Boca’s last 4 games and with 5 of the last 7 meetings between the two also having seen both teams score, it’d certainly not be a surprise to see all of the aforementioned sequences built upon and a 2-1 Boca victory appears on the cards.