Gimnasia La Plata vs Velez Sarsfield Match Preview

Gimnasia La Plata faces Velez Sarsfield for the last round of the regular season of Copa de la Liga Profesional. The match will be held at Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo behind closed doors.

After their 2-1 win over Newell's Old Boys, Gimnasia shared points with Sarmiendo in a goalless draw on the road. After these results, the ranked 7th with 15 points, just 3 points behind the top-four spots. Hopes are still alive of reaching there, but it won't be an easy task at all for them. Today they have to give their best against Velez Sarsfield and get these valuable points.

The visitors are leading in the standings of the second group and I think they deserve it as they have plenty of quality and experience among the other competitors. In the previous round of the domestic league, they won 1-0 over Patronato. In their midweek game for Copa Libertadores, they won 2-0 over Union la Callera on the road. Liga de Quito will be their next opponent in the following days. Mauricio Pelegrino and his team are having a good run the last few weeks. Ricardo Centurion and Cristian Alberto Tarragona are in good form and continue to lead their team.

Gimnasia La Plata will give all they got against stronger Velez Sarsfield to keep their hopes alive to reach the top-four spots. I'll stick in my first choice, over 2.5 goals to be scored for this one, offered at decent 2.20 odds.