Racing Club vs Tigre
Racing Club, the best team in the 2022 aggregate table, returned to their usual standards last weekend, when they claimed an easy 3-1 away success at CA Central Cordoba with striker Enzo Copetti netting a brace. As a result, La Academia made it six league matches without defeat (winning three and drawing three) and accumulated 18 points in the Liga Profesional, which places them only four points behind leaders Atletico Tucuman. At home, Racing have been unbeaten in their last 15 domestic matches, with 11 victories and four draws since losing to Colon 2-1 in November.
Tigre are starting to overcome a mini crisis. Last Sunday, the team played one of their best games in the whole year and celebrated an easy 3-0 home success over Platense in a heated derby. As a result, Diego Martinez’s men accumulated 12 points in the Liga Profesional (as a product of three victories, three draws and four defeats), which also allows them to approach the Copa Sudamericana spots in the aggregate table. On a sorry note, El Matador are on four away matches without a win, having drawn one and lost three since beating Union Santa Fe 2-1 in round one.
I expect another open game here between a very good attacking team like Racing and this irregular Tigre that averages more than one goal scored and conceded in this tournament.