Colon Santa Fe vs Lanus Prediction: Lanus are much better team than Colon

Two top level teams will meet in 1/16 finals of Copa Argentina, Colon versus Lanus. The match will be played in neutral location in Estadio Eva Peron in Junin. Both teams showed very different faces this season in the best league in Argentina, but Colon had a season that wants to forget as soon as possible. Lanus on the other hand can be pleased with performances and position in the league, and now they certainly expect much from this competition.

Form: LLLDL

Colon finished in 27th place in the first part of the season in the best Argentinian league. They had only 4 wins in 27 matches, 10 draws, and 13 defeats. Colon are winless in the last 7 matches in all competitions with 5 defeats and 2 draws. In the previous round of Copa Argentina, they won 2:0 against low-tier team Colegiales, but now they will face a far stronger and better opponent and they can’t be very optimistic ahead of the match.

Form: WLDDL

Unlike Colon, Lanus can be very pleased with their performances in the league as they finished in 4th position with 12 wins, 9 draws, and 6 defeats. The atmosphere in the club is on a high level, and if they perform as they know, they should win without any trouble. In the last 5 matches, this team has only 1 win, 2 draws, and 2 defeats, but I think that recent matches aren’t the real face of this team that has a lot of potential. In the previous round Lanus won against Sol de Mayo with 3:1.

Even though this is different competition and this is a knock out phase, I think it’s clear that Lanus are favorite for winning in this match. Considering the form in the league, the fact that Lanus won twice this season against Colon and the current situations in the teams my pick for this match is Lanus to win and to keep clean sheet against much weaker opponent.