In this week 25 match on Dec 11th, Unión Santa Fe will play host to Colón in a clash of these two mismatched Superliga teams in the ever popular Ciudad de Santa Fe derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Unión Santa Fe recorded a 0-2 loss against Central Cordoba SdE. Nahuel Banegas scored the first goal for Central Cordoba SdE in the 22nd minute, then Leonardo Sequeira added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Cristian Orlando Vega At the end of 90 a dissapointed Unión Santa Fe couldn’t manage to score, and Central Cordoba SdE took the shutout win. Unión Santa Fe is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Colón is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Atlético Tucumán. Gonzalo Piovi struck first for Colón in the 15th minute on a feed from Bernardi, then Bernardi added another in the 28th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlético Tucumán couldn’t manage to score, and Colón took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Colón should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on May 9th, Colón and Unión Santa Fe battled to a 1-1 draw. Rafael Delgado scored the first goal for Colón in the 42nd minute, then Juan Manuel García tied it up for Unión Santa Fe in the 57th minute earning them at least the one point.
Both Alexis Castro and Bernardi have been the hottest scorers for Colón in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Unión Santa Fe’s most prolific scorer has been Juan Manuel García. The Argentinian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.