In this week 4 match, on Monday Jun 20th, Racing Club will travel to La Plata to battle Gimnasia La Plata in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 7th placed Gimnasia La Plata is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Patronato. Johan Carbonero scored the first goal for Gimnasia La Plata in the 27th minute, then Cristian Tarragona added another in the 73rd minute on a penalty In the end, Patronato couldn’t muster any offence and Gimnasia La Plata ran away with the shutout win. Gimnasia La Plata is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Racing Club recorded a 0-2 loss against Godoy Cruz. Ederson Rodríguez Lima scored the first goal for Godoy Cruz in the 53rd minute, then Ederson Rodríguez Lima added another in the 71st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Racing Club couldn’t manage to score, and Godoy Cruz took the shutout win. Racing Club should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
On Feb 13th, Racing Club hosted Gimnasia La Plata at the Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón in their last match together. Racing Club and Gimnasia La Plata battled to a 0-0 draw. Racing Club had 10 on net, and Gimnasia La Plata had 7, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Both Javier Correa and Enzo Copetti have been the hottest scorers for Racing Club in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Gimnasia La Plata is fortunate enough to have Cristian Tarragona in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.