Atletico PR vs San Lorenzo: Preview and Prediction

Atletico PR vs San Lorenzo
Copa Libertadores 2017, Group Stage
Date: Thursday, 4th May 2017
Kick off at 01:00 UK/ 02:00 CET
Venue: Estadio Joaquim Americo Guimaraes.

San Lorenzo can’t afford a failure in a super important match of the fifth round in group 4 of Copa Libertadores.

However, staying undefeated at Estadio Joaquim Americo Guimaraes will be one hell of a task against one of the strongest teams in the competition.

Atletico PR

Atletico won’t come in the game in high spirits after losing the first leg of Campeonato Paranaense 1 final.

The team led by Paulo Autuori suffered a disaster losing 0-3 to Curitiba on the home pitch at the weekend.

Autuori’s defensive line proved out to be quite vulnerable in the most recent period as the team conceded at least a goal in each of their last five fixtures in all competitions.

San Lorenzo

The story is quite different with the visiting side. The Argentines will enter the match having won back-to-back games against Universidad Catolica (Copa Libertadores) and Gimnasia La Plata (Primera Division).

The visitors currently hold the fifth position in the top flight of Argentine football.

Atletico PR vs San Lorenzo: Head to head

The match from mid-March was the first ever head to head meeting between the two sides.

It was the only Argentine in Atletico’s squad, Luis Gonzalez, who made the difference netting the only goal of the game in the 4th minute to secure very important three points for the Brazilians.

Atletico PR vs San Lorenzo: Prediction

The hosts are certainly favourites to claim three points, but we don’t quite see the value in backing the home win at 21/20 odds. At least not since we know how vulnerable they are the back.

We’ll thus rather take the both teams to score option at the sky-high 1/1 odds as the primary betting pick.