Velez Sarsfield take on the visitors Central Cordoba in the round 8 match of Argentinian Liga Profesional. The match will be played on Monday, February 22nd at Estadio José Amalfitani (Buenos Aires).
At the beginning of the week, there will be very few football events. Only on Thursday will national teams really start playing, and clubs have almost gone on break. The exception will only be the Argentine Primera, where matches will be played, including on Wednesday night. Velez Sarsfield recently got a new coach just a couple of weeks ago. "El Fortin" can be considered a grand of Argentine football. Not at the level of Boca Juniors or River Plate, but still, 10 championship titles are also significant, as well as several international tournaments that were won in the 90s. A number of successes were achieved under Ricardo Gareca, about ten years ago. He returned to the team, which was only 26th out of 28 participants in the Liga Profesional, and started a new cycle not in the best way. For starters, they drew 1-1 at home with Platense under his leadership.
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Central Cordoba have managed to improve somewhat recently. The Railroaders are remembered for spending almost half a century outside of the top division in Argentina. But in 2019, through the play-off sieve, they finally managed to climb into the Primera. The results there are decent, but nothing more. In the Diego Maradona Cup last spring, they had extremely modest results, with 15 points in 14 rounds. But in the regular season, they managed to finish in 16th position. In 2023, the team got off to a difficult start - with only one goalless draw (with Boca Juniors), and 3 losses. But towards the end of winter, they managed to gain momentum. They won at home against Argentinos Juniors and Tigre, and the away game against Platense resulted in a 1-1 draw.
Velez Sarsfield won 3 out of the last 4 head-to-head matches, with Central Cordoba's only defeat. Last autumn, "Fort" won at home 3-1. The factor of the field is important for both sides. Let's take a risk and bet that the hosts of the arena will win.
Prediction for the match: Velez Sarsfield to win.
