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Boca Juniors receives Vélez Sarsfield this Friday for the fifth date of the 2024 Professional League in what is their last game in the Bombonera in the semester before the break for the Copa América United States 2024. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. -before the one in which the Argentine team will play against Guatemala from 9 p.m.- and broadcast live on ESPN Premium, a channel that can be tuned online on the digital platforms Flow, DGO and Telecentro Play as long as the user is a client of a cable operator and a subscriber to the “football pack”. In addition, in Cantallena you can follow minute by minute with information and statistics updated instantly.
The last time both clubs met was in February 2023 in the Professional League, with a 2-1 victory for Boca as a visitor at the stadium. Jose Amalfitani. The winner’s goals were Luca Langoni and Nicolas Figal while Lucas Jansoncurrently in the xeneize, scored for the loser.
The two teams had an irregular start and are wandering in the middle of the standings of a tournament that will have a long break until the end of July for the Copa América 2024. In their last presentation, the team from the Buenos Aires neighborhood of La Boca lost to Platense 1 to 0 without leaving a good image and even ran out Marcos Rojo by expulsion. Without the former Argentine national team player or the injured one Nicolas Figalin addition to the veto Nicolas Valentinithe companion of Cristian Lema in the central defense it would be Aaron Anselmino. Besides, Luis Advíncula He is with the Peruvian team to compete in the Copa América and his place will be taken Marcelo Saracchi. From midfield onwards, the usual starters will play with Edinson Cavani and also, Ezequiel Fernandez after being disaffected from the Argentine Under 23 team due to an alleged tear that was finally ruled out.
The group led by Diego Martinezwho next week will play for the Argentine Cup against Almirante Brown and could have his first reinforcement, which is the Chilean Gary Medel -returns to the institution where he served between 2009 and 2010-, is located 18th in the standings with four points resulting from one victory, one draw and two losses and needs to add to avoid being relegated in the standings before the stoppage. Fortín, for its part, adds one more unit thanks to a win, two draws and a loss. The positive thing is that he has not been beaten for three games and, after being a finalist in the 2024 League Cup, he is trying to be the protagonist in command of Gustavo Quinteros.
In the previous round, the favorite to win according to the betting predictions is the local team with a maximum odds of 2.08 against 3.70 that predicts their defeat, that is, a victory for the visitor. The tie reaches 3.25.
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