Belgrano vs Defensores de Belgrano Predictions

Belgrano vs Defensores de Belgrano Predictions, on Saturday’s night in Copa Diego Maradona. Defensores de Belgrano visit Belgrano at Estadio Parque La Pedrera, with a Copa Argentina last-16 spot at stake in this crucial knockout fixture. Read on for our free predictions and tips.

Copa Diego Maradona | June 28 2025 at 2:10 am UK at Estadio Parque La Pedrera

Belgrano vs Defensores de Belgrano Predictions

Can Defensores Pull Off Another Cup Shock or Will Belgrano’s Experience Prove Too Much?

• Low-scoring pattern: Across Defensores’ last 10 fixtures, 7 ended with at least one team failing to score, including their recent Copa win.
• Slow-starters: Defensores have only scored once in the first half since the beginning of May, highlighting their poor early momentum.
• Efficient when ahead: Belgrano have a 100% win rate in 2025 when scoring more than once—though they’ve struggled to do that consistently.

Best Bet for Belgrano vs Defensores de Belgrano

With a coveted spot in the Copa Argentina’s last sixteen on the line, Estadio Parque La Pedrera braces for a feisty encounter this Friday night as Belgrano welcome Defensores de Belgrano. It’s a tie that screams potential upset, but equally whispers caution. The pitch will be packed with narratives—history, momentum, missing men—and perhaps a little desperation, too.

El Celeste come into this on the back of a dramatic opening round win, where they looked untouchable in the first half against Real Pilar. A 3-1 result flatters a side who have since hit a dry spell. No victories in their last three across competitions, and just two goals to show for their efforts, hint at a side in need of rhythm. Still, the pedigree and expectation sit heavily on their shoulders—they’ve not lost a second-round tie in this competition since 2019.

Defensores de Belgrano, meanwhile, already have a scalp to their name, having brushed aside Barracas Central 2-0 in their opener. Now they dream bigger. The club from Núñez may be stuck in mid-table mediocrity in the Primera Nacional, but these knockout scenarios often suit the underdog—and they’ll travel with belief, however battered by reality it may be. They haven’t tasted victory in six straight outings, but somehow, these competitions can light a fire in the least likely places.

The conditions, the pressure, and the history all make this more than just another cup tie. This feels like a test of nerve as much as ability.

Best Bet for Belgrano vs Defensores de Belgrano: Belgrano to Win & Under 2.5 Goals

Here at BettingTips4You.com, we don’t throw five darts at the board and hope one sticks. We deliver one single, razor-sharp prediction for each match, and for this showdown in La Pedrera, our ultimate recommendation is Belgrano to win and under 2.5 total goals.

Let’s talk sense. Belgrano aren’t in sparkling form—far from it. Their attack has dried up alarmingly in recent weeks, finding the net just twice in three games, and in each of their last two, they’ve scored first but failed to kill things off. Not exactly thrilling stuff. But here’s the crucial detail—they still rarely lose. And when they do manage to bag more than one goal in a game, they’ve yet to lose in 2025. That’s not nothing.

What makes this tip really stand out, though, is the match-up. Defensores are hardly goal machines themselves. They’ve not scored more than once in any of their last six, and they’ve only hit the net before the break once in that run. A slow-starting team against a side that chokes the life out of matches once ahead? That screams a cagey affair.

Add to that the absence of Fabian Dauwalder for the visitors—a steady presence at the back—and you start to wonder how long they can keep the door shut. Sure, they stunned Barracas Central, but lightning rarely strikes twice, especially when you’re carrying a blunt attack and a porous midfield.

Belgrano, even if they’re not in swashbuckling form, know how to get the job done. Nicolas Fernandez has already proven his worth with a brace in their last Copa tie, and Compagnucci adds width that could stretch a defence that looks tired and slightly shaky.

As BettingTips4You.com expert Gerard Gabasa puts it:

“Belgrano may be misfiring in the league, but in one-off cup games, their experience and ability to grind out results always give them the edge—especially against teams struggling to score.”

So we back the favourites, but not to run riot. A narrow win, most likely a professional 2-0, seems well within reach. Expect early intensity, then pragmatism. Belgrano don’t need to entertain—they just need to advance.

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