Unión de Santa Fe vs Defensa y Justicia

After saving themselves from relegation, Unión de Santa Fe have nothing left to play for this season, just trying to stay as high up the table as possible and looking to improve their performances ahead of the next League Cup.

Defensa y Justicia, on the other hand, are a team that still have a lot at stake. A win could see the Falcons qualify directly for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, while a loss could see them enter the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana.

After several weeks at the bottom of the table, and even at the bottom, Union de Santa Fe managed to save themselves from relegation thanks to a string of results during Sebastián Méndez's tenure as technical director.

The coach, who took over following the resignation of Gustavo Munua, managed a string of positive results during his tenure at the helm of Tatengue, managing to lift the team out of the bottom three and into mid-table; however, the coach suddenly left the team for Vélez Sarsfield.

Tatengue is currently managed by Kily Gonzalez, who is in his first stint as coach. However, since his appointment, the team has failed to win a single game, adding three consecutive draws, and even worse, has failed to score any goals in its favor.

Defensa y Justicia has had good and bad times this season. Although it managed to maintain a good performance from the beginning, which seemed to lead it to fight for the first place in the tournament, a series of negative results throughout the season left it by the wayside.

However, the team has managed to improve again and now has a total of seven games without a loss in all tournaments played so far, including the Argentine Cup, where they qualified for the round of 16, and the South American Cup, where they ranked first in their group and also qualified for the round of 16.

Recently, the team coached by Julio Vaccari announced the incorporation of Lucas Pratto, but the debut of the striker, formerly of Velez Sarsfield, is not expected for this game, while the dt's approach should be similar to the one that has been successful in recent games.