Racing Club vs Boca Juniors Betting Tips & Predictions

Having last won the competition in 1967, Racing Club will be keen to bring home the trophy for a second time in their history and have started well, topping the group and going unbeaten so far.  Their first match saw them face Club Bolivar at home, scoring 3 first half goals and scoring a 4^th before conceding a late consolation goal to end the game 4-1. Next up they travelled across the city to Boca Junior’s ground, the tight game ending in a 0-0 draw before playing Deportivo Cali away. The game started badly for the visitors, conceding 2 goals before half time. Racing Club came back stronger though, managing to score 2 goals themselves before midfielder Francisco Cerro was sent off in the 85^th minute and the game finished 2-2, though not before Deportivo also had a man sent off. The return fixture was less of a tight game, Racing scored 3 first half goals before a 49^th minute goal for Deportivo may have sparked hope of a comeback, Racing scored again through Roger Martinez however, and although the visitors scored again, the match finished 4-2.

Boca Juniors find themselves 2^nd in the group, and with only 2 points separating them and Racing Club, they will feel a win here can propel them into first position. Despite winning the cup 6 times in their history, the most recent in 2007, Boca have not started the group as well as they may have liked.  They kicked off their tournament with a 0-0 draw away to Deportivo Cali before recording the same 0-0 result at home to Racing Club. They scored their first goal of the tournament away against Club Bolivar, initially conceding in the 28^th minute and despite having 18 shots in the game, they struggled to put them on target, finally breaking the home team’s hearts when Federico Carrizo scored in the 96^th minute to end the match at 1-1. They managed their first win of the competition when they faced Club Bolivar again, at home this time they found their finishing ability and scored 3 goals without reply from Fernando Gago, Carlos Tevez and Federico Carrizo, before the visitors bagged a consolation goal from Juanmi Callejon and the match finished up at 3-1.