Vélez Sarsfield, with the joy of having reached the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores, although without an audience, will receive Gimnasia, which has won three in a row and aspires to fight for the title of the Professional Football League (LPF), in one of the games to be played by the 13th. date.
The meeting will be held at the José Amalfitani stadium, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Liniers, starting this Sunday at 3:30 p.m., with arbitration by Hernán Mastrángelo and televised by TNT Sports.
The match will be behind closed doors by order of the Security Committee after the incidents that occurred in the Velez stadium in the first leg clash between the local and Talleres for the Copa Libertadores.
Vélez, led by the Uruguayan Alexander Medina, has a poor season in the Professional League, unlike his successful presence in the Copa Libertadores where he reached the semifinals and will face Flamengo from Brazil.
Those of Liniers with eight games without winning are located in the 26th position. with only 9 points and are relegated in the fight to qualify for the next international cups in 2023.
Gimnasia, directed by Néstor Gorosito, has three wins in a row, 317 minutes without conceding goals (the last one was by Lucas Beltrán from River) and all the desire to fight for the title against Atlético Tucumán and whoever joins.
In the history they played 164 times, with a clear advantage of Vélez by 73 wins to 53 and 38 draws.
probable formations
Velez: Lucas Hoyos; Leonardo Jara, Matías De los Santos, Valentín Gómez and Francisco Ortega; Nicolás Garayalde and Máximo Perrone; Luca Orellano, Walter Bou and Lucas Janson; Lucas Pratt. DT: Alexander Medina.
Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata: Rodrigo King; Guillermo Enrique, Leonardo Morales, Germán Guiffrey and Nicolás Colazo; Tomás Muro, Manuel Insaurralde, Agustín Cardozo and Ramón Sosa; German Brahian and Franco Soldano. DT: Nestor Gorosito.
Referee: Hernán Mastrangelo.
Stadium: Velez Sarsfield.
Start time: 15.30
TV: TNT Sports.
