Ileana Sanchez
Dailysports's expert
On May 9, Estadio Juan Domingo Perón (Avellaneda) will host the match of the 15th round of the Liga Profesional, in which Racing Avellaneda will compete with Talleres Cordoba. The battle will start at 00:30 CET.
Racing Avellaneda
The club has been holding a pretty high position lately. In 2019, it was possible to win the ninth league title in its history, and the team took the Copa de la Liga Profesional in the previous season. Speaking about the standard Primera, Fernando Gago’s wards fought to the last for the title, but eventually lost the gold medals to Boca Juniors, finishing behind by 2 points. Taking into account the higher mentioned results, it is reasonable to speak about a serious decline nowadays. The Copa Libertadores can be named a lucky tournament – the team got quite “edible” rivals, Ñublense and Aucas. At the same time, there began a huge decline after a successful stretch with 5 wins in 6 rounds in the Primera. Five previous rounds brought only 1 point – the team achieved a 1-1 draw at the arena of Independiente. Losing in all four other matches, the ambitious club fell down into the middle of the table, to the 14th place. Generally speaking, 18 points is an extremely mediocre result, which will be difficult to compensate in the future.
Talleres
The team has recently fallen into the second division of Argentina. After the promotion from the higher mentioned league in 2021, it was possible to get the local football bronze medals. At the same time, it seems that the Argentines spent too much energy on the Copa Libertadores in the next draw. They really made some noise in the play-offs, but finished in the 13th position in the Diego Maradona Trophy in the spring and then in the Primera. Nowadays, Gandolfi Javier’s wards have really improved in the game. The team lagged behind the top 3 due to the misfires at the end of April; it is not critical but so far – 3-4 points. Another question is that two rivals caught up with Racing at once. However, the previous round brought a 3-1 victory against Rosario Central.
The statistics of head-to-head matches
Talleres has got only 1 win in 8 previous head-to-head matches. Speaking about 2022, Racing Avellaneda took 4 points out of 6 possible.
Predictions
Bookmakers, as often happens, consider the hosts to be the favourite of the current battle. Still, the guests are at least not weaker. Thus, it is reasonable to take a closer look at the bet on “both teams to score: yes” (odd: 1.87).
