Racing Club vs Independiente prediction, odds and how to watch

Independiente took all three points in La Plata with two late goals that bore no relation to the balance of play, exposing a structural problem in Estudiantes that the scoreline will only partially hide.

Racing Club turned territorial superiority into three points at home, recovering from Gimnasia's equaliser with a decisive headed goal in the 69th minute to claim a 2-1 victory that their volume of play thoroughly merited.

Rosario Central and Racing Club played out a 1-1 draw in the Argentine Liga Profesional, a result that does neither side massive favours at the top of a genuinely packed table.

Two of Argentine football's great institutions meet at the Estadio José Amalfitani on Monday 3 August, with Vélez defending third place in the Liga Profesional standings against an Independiente side that scores freely but defends with worrying generosity.

Rosario Central have been virtually unbeatable at home this season, but Racing Club arrive at the Gigante de Arroyito with nothing to lose and a point to prove after a difficult run on their travels.

Racing Club host Gimnasia La Plata on Sunday in a fixture that pits a side struggling to assert itself at home against visitors who have won four of their last five matches. The tactical contrast here is sharper than the standings suggest.

Estudiantes host a porous Independiente side on Sunday with a chance to cement their place at the summit of the Argentine Liga Profesional. The visitors have not kept a single clean sheet on the road this season, and Connor Maguire is not about to pretend that is irrelevant.