On Saturday Mar 18th, in week 8, Racing Club and Unión Santa Fe will play a match in Ciudad de Santa Fe in a clash of the Superliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 21st placed Unión Santa Fe is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Rosario Central. Mauro Luna Diale struck first for Unión Santa Fe in the 40th minute, but Lautaro Darío Giaccone got the equalizer for Rosario Central in the 87th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Rosario Central. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while racing Club sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Sarmiento. Matias Nicolas Rojas Romero struck first for Racing Club in the 45th minute on a feed from Jonathan Galvan, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sarmiento was frustrated by Racing Club’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Racing Club ended the match with the shutout victory. Racing Club is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Racing Club won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Rojas Romero has been the most effective weapon for Racing Club lately. The midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. Machuca has been the most prolific scorer on Unión Santa Fe in his last 5 matches with two goals.