On Tue Oct 18th, in week 26, Atlético Tucumán plays host to Unión Santa Fe in a Superliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Atlético Tucumán recorded a 1-1 draw against Rosario Central. Facundo Valentin Buonanotte scored the first goal for Rosario Central in the 25th minute, then in the 85th minute, Eugenio Isnaldo sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Maestro Puch squeezing out at least the one point for Atlético Tucumán. Atlético Tucumán is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 18th placed Unión Santa Fe is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Arsenal de Sarandi. Mauro Luna Diale scored the first goal for Unión Santa Fe in the 78th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arsenal de Sarandi couldn’t manage to score, and Unión Santa Fe took the shutout win. Unión Santa Fe looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
Atlético Tucumán and Unión Santa Fe last played eachother at the Estadio 15 De Abril on Tuesday Feb 22nd. Unión Santa Fe was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Jonatan Álvez scored the first goal for Unión Santa Fe in the 55th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Atlético Tucumán couldn’t muster any offence and Unión Santa Fe ran away with the shutout win.
Unión Santa Fe is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Junior Osvaldo Marabel Jara and Machuca each only have 1 goal in their last five. Mateo Coronel has been the most prolific scorer on Atlético Tucumán in his last five matches with 3 goals.