Gimnasia La Plata vs Racing Club Match Analysis and Prediction

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Gimnasia La Plata will be lookimg to maintain their unbeaten start to the 2022 Argentine Primera Division when they welcome Racing Club to the Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo on Monday.

Meanwhile, the visitors travel to La Plata seeking to make it back-to-back voctories having returned to winning ways last time out.

Gimnasia were forced to a share of the spoils away from home for a second straight game following a 1-1 draw against Platense on Friday at the Estadio Ciudad de Vicente Lopez, which followed a 2-0 victory over Patronato de Parana on home soil.

El Lobo opened the scoring in the 83rd minute through Lautaro Chavez, but Juan Esquivel scored five minutes later to restore parity.

As a result, Nestor Gorosito’s side have dropped down to seventh place in the standings, but remain just two points behing Estudiantes at the top of the league table.

Next up is the challenge of an opposing side who have only tasted defeat once in the last eight meetings between the teams since 2017.

However, Gimnasia are on a four-game winning streak on home soil and will back themselves to come away with all three points.

On the other hand, Racing Club ended a two-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over Velez Sarsfield at the Estadio Juan Domingo Peron on Friday.

Goals from Matias Rojas and Fabricio Dominguez either side of the interval secured all the three points for La Acedemia.

Fernando Gago’s side currently sit two places and one point ahead of their next opponents heading itno Monday’s contest, which has all the making of an absorbing affair.

Having picked up just one win from their five most recent matches away from home, Monday’s visitors will be looking to turn things around on the road with a positive result in this game.

Gimnasia La Plata vs Racing Club head to head

The two teams have previously met on 36 occasions across all competitions, where Gimnasia have claimed nine victories while Racing have won 17, and they have drawn in 10. Racing have scored 46 goals and conceded 29. In their last five meetings, Racing have won twice, Gimnasia once with two draws.

Gimnasia La Plata 0-3 Racing Club 11/11/18

Racing Club 1-2 Gimnasia La Plata 15/01/19

Gimnasia La Plata 1-2 Racing Club 15/09/19

Racing Club 0-0 Gimnasia La Plata 25/07/21

Racing Club 0-0 Gimnasia La Plata 13/02/22

Gimnasia La Plata latest home form

Gimnasia have recently been on a good run of form at home, as they have won each of their four most recent matches. They managed to defeat Patronato Parana 2-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded four.

Gimnasia La Plata 1-3 Sarmiento 15/04/22

Gimnasia La Plata 1-0 Union 23/04/22

Gimnasia La Plata 3-1 Newell’s Old Boys 08/05/22

Gimnasia La Plata 1-0 Liners 25/05/22

Gimnasia La Plata 2-0 Patronato 10/06/22

Gimnasia La Plata latest away form

Gimnasia have recently been on a good run of form on the road, as they have been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They drew 1-1 with Platense in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 13 goals and conceded just three.

Atletico Tucuman 1-2 Gimnasia La Plata 09/04/22

Platense 0-3 Gimnasia La Plata 20/04/22

Patronato 0-6 Gimnasia La Plata 30/04/22

Estuduantes 1-1 Gimnasia La Plata 05/06/22

Platense 1-1 Gimnasia La Plata 17/06/22

Racing Club latest home form

Racing Club have recently kept a patchy run of form at home, as they have lost two of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Velez Sarsfield 2-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded three.

Racing Club 1-0 Melgar 19/05/22

Racing Club 0-1 River Plate 27/05/22

Racing Club 2-0 Huracan 05/06/22

Racing Club 1-2 Agropecuario 09/06/22

Racing Club 2-0 Velez Sarsfield 17/06/22

Racing Club latest away form

Racing Club have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to Godoy Cruz in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded seven.

Melgar 3-1 Racing Club 28/04/22

Cuiaba 1-2 Racing Club 04/05/22

San Lorenzo 1-1 Racing Club 07/05/22

Boca Juniors (P)0-0 Racing Club 14/05/22

Godoy Cruz 2-0 Racing Club 12/06/22

Gimnasia La Plata news

Nicolas Contin has not featured since last October due to a long-term knee injury and remains unavailable for Gimnasia, but Lautaro Chavez could be rewarded with a starting spot in Monday’s contest.

German Guiffrey and Alexis Dominguez are also ruled out for the hosts through ankle and knee problems respectively.

Racing Club news

While Fernando Gago is likely to retain the same lineup who started last time out, forward Tomas Chancalay is now eligible to return to action having served a one-game ban.

However, the duo of Gabriel Hauche and Gabriel Arias continue to nurse injuries and will not play any part on Monday.

Prediction and Odds

Each of the last two meetings between the clubs have ended in a share of spoils, and their is a likelyhood of a similar result coming in this contest.

However, Gimnasia have won each of their four most recent home matches, and will fancy themselves to come away with a victory.

Odds: 1 1.98 X 2.00 2 2.26