Friday’s Torneo Apertura schedule brings us Racing Club coming up against Central Córdoba.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Racing Club v Central Córdoba are shown on this page (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
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Racing Club
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Racing Club are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-2 Torneo Apertura victory over Aldosivi.
In that match, Racing Club managed 58% possession and 16 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Racing Club, the goals were scored by Adrián Martínez (13') and Santiago Solari (35'). Aldosivi got 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
Racing Club have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting in each and every one of their last 6 matches.
They have hit an aggregate of 12 during that time and have conceded a total of 5.
Central Córdoba
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Since being beaten in their last game against Huracán in Torneo Apertura action, Central Córdoba and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, Central Córdoba managed 64% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Central Córdoba was Leonardo Heredia (42'). At the other end, Huracan had 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Walter Mazzantti (32') and Matko Miljevic (58') scored for Huracán.
Looking at their form, and Central Córdoba have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in all. Defensively, Central Córdoba just haven’t been too solid at all. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this match, though.
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Head to head
A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 25/08/2021 tells us that Racing Club have won 3 of these games & Central Córdoba 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.
In all, 18 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them for La Academia and 7 coming from El Ferroviario. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.
The previous league game featuring these sides was Primera División match day 26 on 08/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Central Córdoba 3-1 Racing Club.
In that match, Central Córdoba had 40% possession and 15 shots at goal with 8 on target. The goals were scored by Favio Cabral (28') and Luis Miguel Angulo (45', 51').
On the other side, Racing Club had 15 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Agustín García Basso (61') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Carlos Andrés Gariano.
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Team News: Racing Club
The Racing Club manager Gustavo Costas will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all ahead of this game owing to a fully healthy group available to choose from.
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Team News: Central Córdoba
Owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Central Córdoba manager Omar de Felippe does not have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash.
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Prediction
We feel that Central Córdoba have enough to get a goal against this Racing Club side, although that probably shouldn’t be as many as they’ll concede.
Our selection here is for a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Racing Club when all is said and done. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds on the full-time result market, putting your money on Racing Club can be had for 1.67, a wager on the draw is 3.6 & staking on a victory for Central Córdoba gets you 5.5. These are the best of the returns that can be secured at the moment.
Peter Guest,
11:01 16/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Racing Club
Formed: 1903
Stadium: The Estadio Presidente Perón (55,880)
Captain: Gabriel Arias
Chairman: Diego Milito
Manager: Gustavo Costas
Competitions: Torneo Apertura (Parent), Torneo Apertura (Zone A), Torneo Clausura (Parent), Torneo Clausura (Zone A), Copa Libertadores (Group E), Recopa Sudamericana (Final)
⭐ Star Player: Maximiliano Salas
Mostly used in the Striker position, Maximiliano Salas was born in Curuzú Cuatiá, Argentina. After having played his first senior match for Necaxa in the 2019 - 2020 season, the accomplished Forward has struck 4 league goals in this Primera División 2024 campaign so far coming from a total of 24 appearances.