The Candombero must win to climb out of last place, overtaking CADU which is fighting to stay in the reduced qualifying zone.
San Telmo and Defensa United meet this Saturday at the Doctor Osvaldo Baletto stadium, starting at 3 p.m., as part of the thirty-first round in Group A of the 2023 First National Championship.
HOW DID THEY GET HERE?
The Candombero arrive after letting a victory slip away in a 1-1 draw at Guillermo Brown. Under coach José María Bianco, the visitors took the lead through Ezequiel D’Angelo in the 14th minute, but Julio César Rodríguez equalized in the second half at 83′ to seal the final result. That outcome left the team rooted to the bottom of the table with 24 points, two behind Flandria. In fact, they have not celebrated a win since June 10, when they beat zone leader Almirante Brown 3-1.
Meanwhile, CADU earned a lone point against Temperley at the Gigante de Villa Fox, maintaining eleventh place with 39 points, just three away from the reduced qualification zone. The most recent head-to-head happened on April 16, before the twelfth matchday, finishing 3-2 in favor of Celeste, even though CADU played one man down after Bahiano García’s expulsion at 52′. Martín Giménez scored twice, with Damián Zadel contributing the other goal. The visitors pulled one back through Ramiro Luna and Gustavo Villarruel.
It’s worth noting that the championship is split into two groups: one with 18 teams and another with 19, with round-trip fixtures among all participants. The top two clubs in the larger segment will meet in a final to decide the first promotion. The loser would drop to the reduced section alongside the teams finishing from second to eighth in that group, while the bottom teams from each group automatically lose their place. The penultimate team in each group will face a playoff to avoid relegation.
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SAN TELMO UNITED DEFENDERS: DATE AND START TIME
HOW TO WATCH SAN TELMO UNITED DEFENDERS ONLINE: CHANNELS AND TRANSMISSIONS
THE TEAMS COMPARED
FORMATIONS AND SUBSTITUTIONS
HEAD TO HEAD: LAST FIVE MEETINGS
HOW GROUP A IS STRUCTURED
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