Racing Club vs Newell’s Old Boys Prediction: Who will return to winning ways?

In the upcoming fixture of Argentina Primera División, Racing Club will face Newell's Old Boys at Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in Avellaneda. The home side head here after a surprising loss (3-1) against Gimnasia La Plata. The visitors come from a draw (3-1) against Rosario.

Tips and betting odds provided below.

The Racing Club team comes to this game after a disappointing defeat against Gimnasia La Plata (3-1), in a game in which they were clearly the favorites. With this defeat, the team broke a series of 4 consecutive victories, 3 of them in the league. Racing's team was always superior, however, they suffered very early in the match, after 8 minutes. The team would still suffer a setback, the expulsion of Rojas for accumulating yellow cards, which could partly explain the defeat. Racing's team still managed to reduce to 2-1, but in the end, when they were looking for a tie, they would suffer the final 3-1. With this tie, the Racing Club team dropped to 6th place, with 17 points. Despite the defeat, in the home games the team remains invincible, with 2 draws and 3 wins in 5 games. In fact, in the last 3 home games the team has won 3, still registering 5 goals scored and only 2 conceded. The Racing team needs to add the 3 points in this complicated game to stay close to the top places.

Newell's Old Boys comes to this game after a home draw against Rosario (0-0). Despite the fact that the team had greater control of possession of the ball, the truth is that it would be Rosario's team who would always create more danger and who were closer to victory. The Newell's Old Boys team has shown some instability in terms of results, which may also be due to the high number of injuries that the team faces. In addition, the team tends to do poorly in away games, not adding any wins so far. The team is only 2 points behind Racing Club, and a victory would allow them to overtake them in the table, however, this will be an extremely complicated game for a Newell's Old Boys team that is still looking for its first victory away from home.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams Racing Club has a clear advantage, with Racing Club having won 3 games, and 2 draws and the other games. Goals were scored in 4 of these 5 matches, and in just 2 of them both teams scored.

Racing Club comes to this game with a slight advantage, due to their momentum and playing at home.