Defensa y Justicia vs Racing Club
Defensa y Justicia couldn’t hold onto their 1-0 lead and ended up suffering a heartbreaking 2-1 away defeat at Rosario Central last weekend. That result means El Halcon’s six-match unbeaten streak of four victories and two draws came to an end and now the team are on three without a win in league action (drawing two and losing one, which drops them down to the sixth spot of the Liga Profesional table on 29 points. It’s still an excellent campaign for Julio Vaccari’s men). In fact, Defensa are unbeaten in their last seven domestic matches at home, with four successes and three stalemates in that stretch. On Tuesday 23, the team won 3-2 away at Brazil’s America Mineiro in a Copa Sudamericana group match.
Racing Club saw their home match against Velez Sarsfield postponed last weekend following the visitors’ reserve squad coach Hernan Manrique’s death. Therefore, their last league game was two weeks ago, losing 3-0 away at Platense, which extended La Academia’s winless streak to seven league games, drawing one and losing six, a terrible run that dropped them down to the 22nd spot of the league table on 18 points in 16 matches. To make matters worse, Racing managed a single point from the last 12 on offer on the road in domestic action. On Tuesday 23, they won 2-1 away at SD Aucas in Ecuador in a Copa Libertadores group game.
Both come from important midweek wins but while Defensa has been very solid in the league as well, Racing has been terrible, they have the worst defense in the league with 26 goals conceded and won’t have some important players in midfield and attack so I think they should struggle here.