In this week 3 match on Jun 17th, Racing Club will host Vélez Sarsfield in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Racing Club recorded a 0-2 loss against Godoy Cruz. Ederson Rodríguez Lima struck first for Godoy Cruz in the 53rd minute on a feed from Martin Ojeda, then Ederson Rodríguez Lima added another in the 71st minute In the end, Racing Club was frustrated by Godoy Cruz’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Godoy Cruz ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Racing Club should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 25th placed Vélez Sarsfield, recorded a 0-1 loss against Platense. Ivan Gómez struck first for Platense in the 74th minute on a feed from Nicolás Morgantini, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Vélez Sarsfield couldn’t muster any offence and Platense ran away with the shutout win. Vélez Sarsfield is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Racing Club won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Vélez Sarsfield is fortunate enough to have Lucas Janson in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. For Racing Club, their top scorers are Javier Correa and Enzo Copetti, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.