Racing Club will be looking to return to the winning ways this week when they host Velez Sarsfield at Estadio Presidente Perón in the third match day of the second phase of the Argentine Preimera Division.
The home team enjoyed a strong run in the first phase of the Argentinian domestic campaign, topping their group with 30 points from 14 games, having gone unbeaten up to the knockout stage. Turning their attention to the main league season, Fernando Gago’s side began with a home game against Huracan, and they put their first points on the board as Tomas Chancalay and Jonatan Gomez got on the score sheet in a 2-0 win.
Racing Club is aiming to make amends here following 2-0 Superliga defeat at the hands of Godoy Cruz in their previous fixture. In that game, Racing had 66% possession and 11 shots with two of them on target. Godoy Cruz got 13 shots with six of them and goals by Salomón Rodríguez (53′, 70′).
On the other hand, Velez Sarsfield is looking for their first victory of the campaign, having made a slow start since finishing sixth in their first phase group. Julio Vaccari’s men kicked off the second phase of the season with a trip to Patronato, and they had to settle for a point as Lucas Janson’s early opener was cancelled out by a Jonathan Herrera penalty on the stroke of half time.
Vélez Sarsfield and their travelling fans hope for better result following 0-1 Superliga loss to Platense in their most recent action. In that game, Velez managed 64% possession and 16 shots with four of them on target. Platense got 10 shots with two of them on target and a goal by Iván Gómez (74′).
Racing Club vs Velez Sarsfield head to head
Each side claims 12 victories from the 34 head to head encounters between these two sides since 2002, while the other 10 matches played out stalemates.
- Velez Sarsfield 0-0 Racing 18/07/21
- Velez Sarsfield 2-4 Racing 16/05/21
- Velez Sarsfield 2-1 Racing 12/12/20
- Velez Sarsfield 2-2 Racing 04/08/19
- Racing 2-0 Velez Sarsfield 20/08/18
Home
- Godoy Cruz 2-0 Racing
- Racing 1-2 Agropecuario
- Racing 2-0 Huracan
- Racing 0-1 River Plate
- Racing 1-0 Melgar
Away
- Velez Sarsfield 0-1 Platense
- Velez Sarsfield 1-0 Independiente Riv.
- Patronato 1-1 Velez Sarsfield
- Velez Sarsfield 4-0 Estudiantes La Plata
- Nacional 2-3 Velez Sarsfield
Racing team news
Gabriel Hauche, Gabriel and Mauricio Martínez won’t be playing for Racing Club manager Fernando Gago due to injuries.
Velez Sarsfield team news
As for manager Alexander Medina, Lautaro Giannetti will misses out through injury while centre-back Matias de los Santos is on suspension.
Prediction and odds
Both teams are in good form and will be thirsty for come back, however Racing has been one of the dominant teams in Argentinean soccer and Velez has not won against Racing Club when they have played them away from home in the previous four league games.
- Racing Club Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
