Belgrano played their worst game under recently-appointed coach Juan Cruz Real in round 14, when they lost to Racing Club 4-0 at home. That loss stopped their two-match winning streak in league action and left them on 14 points in as many matches in the Copa Liga Profesional, far away from the continental spots in the aggregate table and safe from potential relegation threats for now. Belgrano are without a win in their last four at home in domestic action, drawing two and losing two. During the break, the side beat Bolivia’s CD Real Tomayapo 2-0 away and drew against Delfin SC from Ecuador on Thursday 9 in Copa Sudamericana action.

Racing Club haven’t found any difficulties in their last Copa Liga Profesional match, beating Belgrano 4-0 away through a solid performance. In fact, Gustavo Costas’ men made it four league games unbeaten, winning three and drawing one, but it wasn’t enough to qualify for the quarter-finals. The team made it 24 points in that competition and are now trailing the last Copa Libertadores’ place in the aggregate table by two. Racing have been strong as the visiting side in domestic action, with six victories, seven stalemates and a single loss across the last 14. During the break, they lost 2-1 to Talleres Remedios de Escalada in the Copa Argentina second round and also saw Copa Sudamericana action, beating Chile’s Coquimbo Unido 2-1 away and also lost to Red Bull Bragantino from Brazil on Thursday.

Both had poor midweek results in Copa Sudamericana and have important games next week so while they both could rest some starters, Racing for sure won’t have playmaker Juanfer Quintero due to injury and that’s good enough for me to trust the hosts to avoid a defeat here.