In a weekend match on Sat Mar 11th, in week 7, Instituto hosts Atlético Tucumán at Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 11th placed Instituto, recorded a 2-2 draw against Independiente. Martin Cauteruccio scored the first goal for Independiente in the 15th minute from the penalty spot, then Martin Cauteruccio added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Mateo Baltasar Barcia Fernández. Instituto is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while atlético Tucumán is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Banfield. Mateo Coronel struck first for Atlético Tucumán in the 41st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Banfield couldn’t manage to score, and Atlético Tucumán took the shutout win. Atlético Tucumán looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Atlético Tucumán is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Marcelo Estigarribia and Marcelo Gonzalez each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Instituto’s top weapon lately has been Adrián Martínez, who has three goals in the last 5 matches.