Rosario Central vs Lanus Preview

Lanus travel to the Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre this Monday evening to take on Rosario Central in the Argentina Primera División.

Rosario Central come into this tie after a disappointing 2:0 defeat at the hands of Independiente.  Prior to that, they won 1:0 over Tigre and 3:1 over Arsenal.

Lanus come into this match third in the league, 5 points behind leaders River Plate with a game in hand and a win will move them to second position and within two points.

Lanus come into this tie unbeaten in 5 with wins coming over Quilmes, Banfield and Racing Club.  Between these wins they shared the points with Olimpo and leaders River Plate.

Rosario Central come into this tie 12th position in the division and a win could move them as high as 6th.

These two sides have met 17 times in recent years and Lanus have won 7, Rosario Central have won 5 and the sides shared the points 5 times.

The last 5 meetings between these two teams finished 1:2, 2:1, 0:0, 0:0 and 1:2

Bookmakers make Rosario Central slight favourites at odds of (7/5), with Lanus at (21/10) and the draw also at (21/20).

Ultimately this is a very close game on paper and could go either way – Lanus have some very solid form of late while Rosario Central come into this game with 2 wins from their last 3 matches and home advantage in their favour.

Gamingtips Prediction – 0:0