📊 Form Guide

Juventud

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Juventud will be wanting a better result here following a 2-1 Primera Division (Apertura) defeat in their last game at the hands of Racing Club.

The only name on the scoresheet from Juventud was Fernando Mimbacas (38' Own goal, 45').

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Juventud have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Juventud have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 11 goals along the way. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.

Cienciano

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Bolívar in Copa Sudamericana action, Cienciano and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Cienciano had 56% possession and 18 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, Bolivar got 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Martín Cauteruccio (15') and Damián Batallini (45') scored for Bolívar.

Looking at their form, and Cienciano have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals in all. Defensively, Cienciano have not been doing too well.

🗞️ Team News: Juventud

Federico Barrandeguy (Knee injury) and Iván Rodríguez (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Juventud boss Pablo Tiscornia.

📋 Team News: Cienciano

With a completely healthy group to choose from, the Cienciano boss does not have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Cienciano are capable enough to find the back of the net against this Juventud team, but that probably won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Juventud at the end of this one. We’ll have to see what happens.

Peter Guest, 21:00 09/04/2026