The “Academy” is in second place with 47 units, one behind the leader Boca Juniors (who lost 2-0 to Newell’s Old Boys on Sunday) and has been unbeaten in seven games, with one draw and six wins, the last by 2-0 against Colón in Santa Fe last Friday.
Avellaneda’s team only thinks about winning the match against “Granate” and the one on the last day against River Plate, to be played next Sunday at the Cilindro de Avellaneda.
In order for the “albiceleste” team to be crowned champion, they will also have to hope that “Xeneize” does not win the suspended match at 9 minutes against Gimnasia y Esgrima (valid for matchday 23), which will be played on Wednesday, and that leave points at the close of the tournament against Independiente.
Coach Fernando Gago will not be able to count on creative midfielder Emiliano Vecchio, one of the most outstanding players on the squad, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the match against “Sabalero” and will be between 6 and 8 months old. recovery ahead.
His replacement will be Carlos Alcaraz, who replaced Vecchio after 35 minutes of the first stage in the match played at the Brigadier Estanislao López stadium.
Another of the alternatives that Gago manages could be to include Jonathan Gómez at the wheel, who has a more vertical game than Alcaraz, while he can collaborate with the brand, although he runs with a certain disadvantage to integrate the starting eleven.
Right-back Iván Pillud will once again occupy that sector of the field of play after having won the spot from Facundo Mura in recent games. The rest of the team will be the same that defeated Colón.
Lanús, meanwhile, is in penultimate place in the table with 20 points, four behind already relegated Aldosivi, and has won three consecutive losses, the last by 1-0 against Patronato de Paraná.
The technical director Frank Kudelka will not be able to count on the goalkeeper Fernando Monetti nor the midfielders Tomás Belmonte and Luciano Boggio, injured in the match against “Patrón”.
In place of Monetti (grade 2 blunt injury of the vastus medialis and sartorius of the left thigh) the Uruguayan Guillermo De Amores will enter; For Belmonte (fracture of the body of the scapula) Franco Orozco will do it and in the place of the Uruguayan Boggio will be Ignacio Cechi. The rest of the team will be the same as the last match.
The record between Racing Club and Lanús records a total of 141 clashes, with 69 wins for “Academia”, 38 for “Granate” and 34 draws.
When do Lanús vs Racing play?
The match, valid for the 26th. and penultimate day of the tournament, it will be played from 7:00 p.m. at the Ciudad de Lanús stadium with the arbitration of Darío Herrera.
Where to see Lanús vs Racing
The duel between Buenos Aires teams will be broadcast on the ESPN Premium cable signal.
possible formations
Lanus: Guillermo De Amores; Leonel Di Plácido, Matías Pérez, Franco Ortellado, Nicolás Pasquini; Ignacio Cechi, Franco Orozco, Raúl Loaiza; Franco Troyansky, Jose Sand, Lautaro Acosta. DT: Frank Kudelka.
Racing Club: Gabriel Arias; Iván Pillud, Leonardo Sigali, Gonzalo Piovi, Eugenio Mena; Leonel Miranda, Aníbal Moreno, Carlos Alcaraz; Matías Rojas, Enzo Copetti, Johan Carbonero. DT: Fernando Gago.
Source: Ambito
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