San Lorenzo vs Racing Club Prediction: Can Racing Club win away at such a difficult stadium?

In the upcoming fixture of Primera Division Argentina, San Lorenzo will face Racing Club at Stadium Pedro Bidegain in Buenos Aires. The home side head here after a win (0-1) against Rosario. The visitors come into this game also after a win (2-1) against Ind. Rivadavia.

Betting tips and odds are provided below.

San Lorenzo won the game against Rosario Central with score 0-1 This game was quite a tense match and it seems that the only thing that was crucial for achieving the victory was the accuracy. In the first half, Rosario Central had the initiative in possession (54% to 46%), while San Lorenzo profited from offence from the counter. Rosario had more of the ball and more desire to attack as it created five shots on goal and scored only one. San Lorenzo, however, had 10 shots and two of them were on target and made them look like a more dangerous side and yet the first half ended goalless. In the second half there was the goal that broke the deadlock. At the 72nd minute, Bustos was able to convert an opportunity thus scoring for the team of San Lorenzo putting the team ahead on the score line. From that moment, Rosario stepped up the pressure for the equalizer; they had a higher dominance with the ball, with 62% and made eight attempts on goal. Nevertheless, San Lorenzo’s defense held up very well thus denying Rosario any chance to score, the later rarely penetrated into the opponents’ box, and only did that in the second half hitting the target once. All in all, Rosario Central generated 13 shots against goal and the same to San Lorenzo but the divergence was in efficiency and discipline. The game was interrupted several times due to many fouls; Rosario made as many as 18 fouls and San Lorenzo made 17 fouls altogether. Nonetheless, San Lorenzo was more effective in terms of the transition and Bustos’ goal that clinched the victory, 0-1. With this result, San Lorenzo is in 17th place in the table with 28 points. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss, with a record of 18 goals scored and 19 goals conceded.

Analyzing the match Racing Club – Independiente Rivadavia, which was won by Racing 2:1 both teams demonstrated an orientation in attack from the beginning of the match. The match started with Independiente opening the score through Ramis after only 8 minutes making the visitors to lead. However, Racing responded very fast, the equalizer was scored by Adrián Martínez in the 17th minute, up to this moment the game was balanced in term of the opportunities created. The first period was easy identified by Racing getting most of the ball possession, with 60/40 to Independiente and both teams as attackers, Racing attempted to score 8/3 for Independiente. However, the two teams were equally matched in defense, Independiente resorted to fouls to check the surging in form teammates, they committed 7 fouls in the first half of the match. In the second half Racing turned the screw, dominating the ball for the majority of the second period with 66% and creating 11 goal attempts to Independiente’s four. The home team was finally able to cash in on this dominance when Quintero scored in the 87th minute to give the team a 2-1 win. Independiente for its part failed to sustain such a pace in attack and was just unable to avoid the second goal, despite one man defensive walls and the great saves of the goalkeeper that at least kept the match in check till the final whistle. With this result, San Lorenzo is in 3rd place in the table with 37 points. In the last 5 league games, the team has recorded 4 wins, and 1 loss, with a record of 32 goals scored and 21 goals conceded.

In the last 5 games between these 2 teams, San Lorenzo has won 1, Racing Club has won 1 and they drew another 3. Goals were scored in all of those games, and with both teams scoring in all of the matches.

Both teams are in a good momentum, still Racing are not expected to lose.