Racing Club vs Santamarina Prediction: Can Santamarina make a surprise?

Besides the break for international matches and World Cup qualifiers, Copa Argentina doesn’t stop, and today, we will see very interesting matches in the 1/32 finals. First league Racing Club will face a team from third rank Santamarina on a neutral ground in Lanus. Racing Club aren’t on the same level as last season, they had a slow start of this season, while Santamarina are very motivated to use it and make a huge surprise in 1/32 finals of the national Cup. It’s not uncommon to see surprises like that in Argentina at this stage, but it will be one of the biggest recently if Santamarina qualifies for the next round.

Racing Club

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Recently Racing Club started to play more disciplined, especially in the defensive line and in the last two matches in the league we didn’t see too many goals in their matches. They ended the bad run of three matches without a win in the last round when they won 1:0 away against Union Santa Fe. After they suffered four defeats in a row in the league against Tigre, Argentinos Jrs, San Lorenzo and Huracan, its notable that they changed their approach and keep the ball more in their possession, play very careful and disciplined in the last line and try to break the opponent with tricky passes and fast movements in the attack. However, they won in the Recopa Sudamericana final against the Brazilian side Botafogo RJ in both matches with 2:0. Now I expect of them to be more focused on the league and the Copa Argentina, so I think that they will win in this match with several goals difference.

Santamarina

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On the other hand, Santa Marina are a big unknown, as they compete in lower ranks of Argentinian football, but it’s not strange if they show impressive skill against a much better team as Racing Club. It’s expected that they will play with a defensive formation 3-4-2-1, with a total focus on the defense and looking for a chance to score through counterattacks. After two rounds played, they are in second place in Torneo Federal with two draws, three goals scored, and three conceded.

Expert Betting Tips

I agree with the bookmakers that Racing Club are a big favorite in this encounter, and every other result will be a huge surprise. Despite their defensive approach, I don’t think that Santamarina can hold off Racing Club’s attacks. The form, experience, and individual quality are on the side of Racing Club. I expect players like Santiago Alexander Quiros and Maximiliano Salas to make a huge difference and lead Racing Club to a confident win and a place in the next round of this competition.

Our prediction for the match is team 1 to score over 2.5 goals for the odds of 1.98 at 1xbet.

Our second prediction is over 3.5 goals for odds of 2.3 at Betway.

Our third prediction is a home win and over 3.5 goals for odds of 2.55 at Bet365.