Week 4 brings us a match on Jun 20th where Vélez Sarsfield will host Rosario Central at Estadio José Amalfitani in a meeting of these two evenly matched Superliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 26th placed Vélez Sarsfield is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Platense. Ivan Gómez struck first for Platense in the 74th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vélez Sarsfield couldn’t manage to score, and Platense took the shutout win. Vélez Sarsfield is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 27th placed Rosario Central is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Godoy Cruz. Gaspar Servio scored the first goal for Rosario Central in the 82nd minute on a penalty, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Godoy Cruz was frustrated by Rosario Central’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rosario Central ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 15th of February, Rosario Central hosted Vélez Sarsfield at the Estadio Dr. Lisandro De La Torre in their last match together. Rosario Central was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Cristhian Báez struck first for Rosario Central in the 56th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Vélez Sarsfield couldn’t muster any offence and Rosario Central ran away with the shutout win.
Both Marco Ruben and Alejo Veliz have been the hottest scorers for Rosario Central in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Vélez Sarsfield is glad to have Lucas Janson in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.