Argentinos Juniors are on a run of strong home form in Liga Pro. Juniors have won six of their 10 home matches this season and back-to-back home fixtures ended in wins.
On Thursday, Juniors will welcome Instituto Cordoba to the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona in Liga Pro play. Argentinos Juniors are coming off a 1-0 loss away to Banfield last time out. The defeat ended a three-game winning streak.
Instituto Cordoba are 20th in the 28-team league. They are coming off a 1-0 win over Belgrano, which ended a five-game winless streak. Seven points currently separate the two teams in the Liga Pro table ahead of their midweek match-up.
Argentinos Juniors and Instituto Cordoba have not played since 2017. There isn’t any recent history between the two clubs due to playing in different divisions.
Juniors picked up nine points from the last six matches, scoring just five goals. The defence allowed a mere four goals across those six games. Argentinos Juniors are playing well at home.
They are on a two-game winning streak and have an overall home record of 6W-2D-2L.
Instituto Cordoba picked up five points from their last six matches in the Liga Pro. They were outscored 10-4 across the six games.
Instituto Cordoba are a poor road team. They picked up just one win from 10 away games, losing seven times. Each of their last six away games ended in defeat.
Cordoba manager Diego Dabove has no new injury problems to worry about. Adrian Martinez is in good form for Instituto Cordoba. The centre-forward has seven goals and scored in the team’s 1-0 win over Belgrano on Sunday.
Argentinos Juniors’ left-back Santiago Montiel will be available despite being red carded in a recent Copa Libertadores match. Left-winger Lucas Ambrogio is out of action with a ruptured ACL.
Manager Gabriel Milito likes to play a 3-4-2-1 formation. Although it leaves striker Gabriel Avalos alone in the attack, he is thriving in the final third. Avalos has 11 goals this season. He is tied for second in the Liga Pro top goalscorer charts.
Avalos has 42% of Argentinos Juniors’ goals this term. Nine of those goals have come at home. He could be on target this week for Juniors against Instituto Cordoba.
Argentinos Juniors are playing well at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. They should continue their form with a 2-1 win. Avalos could get on the scoresheet as Juniors potentially move into the top eight.