Racing vs Deportivo Riestra
Racing Club didn’t find any difficulties to beat Tigre (the worst team in the league this season): they won 4-0 away from home and could even have taken a larger lead. La Academia made it seven points in three Liga Profesional matches (becoming leaders alongside Gimnasia LP, Talleres, Huracan, Union Santa Fe and Independiente Rivadavia) and also extended their unbeaten run to seven league commitments (five victories and two stalemates) to climb into one of the Copa Libertadores spots in the aggregate table. Furthermore, Racing grabbed seven points from the last nine on offer at home in domestic action. On Tuesday 27, Racing beat Sportivo Luqueno from Paraguay 3-0 playing as hosts at Lanus in Copa Sudamericana action. Adrian Martinez succumbed to an ankle problem and will miss out, as well as Johan Carbonero (muscle injury) and Juan Quintero (already left to join Colombia national squad ahead of the Copa America).
Deportivo Riestra showed a worrying version in their last league game and succumbed to an unexpected 2-0 home defeat to Rosario Central’s alternative XI. That result means El Malevo remain on three points in as many Liga Profesional matches as they are going through a two-match losing streak in this competition. As a result, they are just one point above bottom-placed Independiente Rivadavia in the point-average table.
Racing has been flying high in attack lately, scoring 17 goals in their last 5 games and not conceding in the last 4. Even though they won’t have Adrian Martinez who has been scoring a lot for them lately, and playmaker Juanfer Quintero, they have good replacements like striker Roger Martinez and Maxi Salas and I don’t think they should have any problems to beat this poor Riestra who lost the last two and are looking like a big relegation candidate.