Patronato Parana vs Rosario Central Match Analysis and Prediction

Both Patronato and Rosario Central will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when they face off at the Estadio Presbitero Bartolome Grella in their Argentine Primera Division round 20 tie on Wednesday.

Although the two sides are nine places apart, they are separated by just four points in the league standings and have both been struggling for form lately. Patronato have won just one of their last six matches, while Rosario have won only two of their previous six.

The hosts are coming off a narrow 1-0 defeat at Racing Club, while Rosario drew 1-1 with Estudiantes La Plata at home. Therefore both will be looking to return to winning ways with Patronato seeking to climb into the top-10 places, while Rosario will seek to reduce the gap between them and the their hosts.

The two sides are evenly matched although the hosts will fancy their chances as they have had a strong record at home this season. Patronato have only lost one of their last 10 league matches at home, and enter the contest with 4 wins, and 2 draws from their last 6 in Parana.

Their visitors, Rosario, have been struggling on their travels and they arrive in Parana having lost 9 of their last 13 away league fixtures since the start of April, conceding at 2 goals in eight of those nine defeats.

Also, historically the fixture tends to favor the hosts as 12 of the last 14 meetings seeing the home side triumph, and we expect a similar outcome on Wednesday.

Patronato vs Rosario Central head to head

Both sides have met in 13 encounters since 2010 with Rosario winning six times, while Patronato have won five times and there have been two draws.

• Rosario 3-2 Patronato 15/10/21
• Rosario 4-0 Patronato 14/12/20
• Rosario 1-1 Patronato 24/08/19
• Patronato 2-1 Rosario 28/10/18
• Patronato 3-0 Rosario 01/04/18

Home

• Racing 1-0 Patronato
• Patronato 1-0 Platense
• Patronato 0-0 Union Santa Fe
• Estudiantes La Plata 1-0 Patronato
• Patronato 0-0 Argentinos Juniors

Away

• Rosario 1-1 Estudiantes La Plata
• Argentinos Juniors 2-1 Rosario
• Rosario 1-0 Talleres
• San Lorenzo 1-1 Rosario
• Rosario 0-1 Banfield

Patronato team news

Patronato have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the clash.

Rosario Central team news

Rosario will be without Francesco Lo Celso, Gustavo Ramírez, Walter Montoya and Luca Martínez Dupuy due to injuries.

Prediction and odds

• Patronato win
• Both sides to score
• Goals over 2.5