Taking a look at the upcoming Liga Profesional matchup, we have Racing Club facing off against Huracán. So let's break this down a little more.
For Huracán, we've got Hernán Galíndez between the posts, boasting a commendable season performance with an average rating of 7.22 and 11 saves. Not too shabby.
As for their player lineup, Fabio Pereyra, Tomás Guidara and Marco Pellegrino have all been quite the crowd-pleasers this season. Pereyra's got impressive stats with an average rating of 7.36, not to mention his goal and laser-accurate passing. Guidara and Pellegrino aren't too far off either, but perhaps they could liven things up with a few more shots on goal. Just a thought.
Switching over to Racing Club. Their goalkeepers, Facundo Cambeses and Gabriel Arias, have comparable stats to their Huracán counterpart. Cambeses seems to take the lead with a rating of 7.25 despite the lesser saves.
For their top players, we've got Marco Di Cesare and Adrián Martínez tipping the scales. A 7.60 average rating coupled with a goal by Di Cesare had the spotlight pointed right at him. Martínez, however, isn't far behind.
Now, if we consider the past matchup between these two teams, it resulted in a draw. However, history isn't always a crystal ball, is it? The regular season records show a bit of variance - Huracán sits at 4-3-1, while Racing Club is grinding away at 3-0-4.
Huracán has gotten some decent wind in their sails recently, with an unbeaten run in their last five fixtures, whereas Racing Club's results have been rather turbulent, to put it lightly.
Having taken all this into consideration, it's time to get down to the juicy bit: the prediction.
Albert’s Prediction: Huracán by 1