Atletico Tucuman vs Racing
Atletico Tucuman fans will have felt heartbroken after the team’s 1-0 away defeat to Rosario Central last Monday, when they conceded the winner just six minutes before the final whistle. Following that result, El Decano wasted the chance of becoming Liga Profesional leaders as they remain on 22 points, now trailing table toppers Velez Sarsfield and Huracan by two. Facundo Sava’s men also saw a nine-game unbeaten streak of five victories and four draws in this competition coming to an end. Atletico are without defeat in their last eight at Estadio Jose Fierro, winning five and drawing three.
Racing Club wasted a big chance last Sunday, when they had to settle for a scoreless home stalemate against arch-rivals Independiente even though the visitors saw two red cards. La Academia couldn’t approach the top of the Liga Profesional table as they made it 21 points (trailing leaders Huracan and Velez Sarsfield by three) after losing only one of their last five matches in this competition (winning two and drawing two). As a result of this campaign, Gustavo Costas’ men remain occupying one of the Copa Libertadores’ spots in the aggregate table. Racing won 1-0 at Newell’s Old Boys in their last away game to break a three-match winless streak of one stalemate and two losses on the road in domestic action.
Racing has been too irregular lately and won’t have their best striker, Adrian Martinez, due to suspension so I’ll go with Atletico Tucuman to at least not lose at these tempting odds.