The Professional League 2024 (LPF) will continue from this Friday with date 25, the penultimate of the fixture, and one of the most attractive duels is the one they will star in this Sunday, December 1st Boca Juniors and Gimnasia de La Plata because both are fighting to enter the 2025 international tournaments. The match is scheduled for 9:45 p.m. at La Bombonera and will be broadcast live on TNT Sports. channel that can be tuned online on the digital platforms Flow, DGO and Telecentro Play. In addition, at campollena.com you can follow minute by minute with instantly updated information and statistics.
In the run-up to the match that will be refereed Yael Falcón Pérez, The favorite to win according to the betting forecasts is the local team with a maximum odds of 1.84 against 5.0 that predicts their defeat, that is, a victory for the visitor. The tie reaches 3.50.
The xeneize was eliminated from the 2024 Argentine Cup after falling this Wednesday in Córdoba with Vélez 4 to 3 in the semifinals and was left without the most concrete chance it had to enter the 2025 Copa Libertadores. Thus, it needs to add all the possible points in the three days left in the Professional League to obtain a ticket through the Annual Table (add points from the LPF and League Cup), although they will also depend on how the teams do that they are in the same bid and, in addition, whether any other quota is released after the one left by Racing for having won the 2024 Copa Sudamericana.
In the standings of the domestic competition, they are eighth with 35 points, 10 behind the leader, Fortín with 45, and have no chance of winning the title for several games. Coach Fernando Gago has not yet defined who will be the starters and changes are expected with respect to those who started in the fall against Vélez due to poor performances by some players.
El Lobo, for its part, is 13th in the standings with 24 points from eight wins and the same number of draws and losses. But their desire is to enter the 2025 Copa Sudamericana through the Annual Table, in which they are 16th with 48 units, five behind Defensa y Justicia. However, at least one more spot can be freed up and it can benefit him as long as he adds units in the three remaining games.
Both clubs recently met in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Argentine Cup with a 1-1 draw in regulation time and a 2-1 victory for Xeneize on penalties the night they Leandro Brey He made history by saving four of the five shots fired against him.
Recently eliminated from the Argentine Cup and with no chance of being crowned in the 2024 Professional League, The only chance left for Xeneize to enter the next Copa Libertadores is to obtain a place through the Annual Table. In this classification, the points obtained in the 2024 League Cup, in which they were a semifinalist, and in the current domestic tournament are added. But it’s not easy for him either. Fernando Gago’s team is fifth with 60 units and, for now, is qualifying for the 2025 Copa Sudamericana with Huracán (59), Godoy Cruz (58), Independiente and Unión de Santa Fe (57), and Defensa y Justicia (53).
Vélez is at the top of the standings with 70 points and after matchday 24 of the Professional League they made sure to play in the 2025 Copa Libertadores. Their second team is, with 66 units, Talleres de Córdoba and they are also achieving a place. Racing is third, but freed up a spot because he was crowned champion of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana by beating Cruzeiro 3 to 1 in the final in Asunción and, for the moment, it falls to River, fourth with 63 points. That is to say, Currently, Boca should surpass River or Talleres in the Annual to get into the Libertadores zone (Vélez is no longer enough). The negative is that the Millonario has one less match because on December 4 they will face San Lorenzo at the Monumental and, if they win, they will be six units ahead of those from the Buenos Aires neighborhood of La Boca with only nine at stake.
Taking this difficulty into account, The xeneize needs Vélez or the T to win the Professional League to free up another place. The cast directed by Gustavo Quinteros It leads with 45 points and is two ahead of Globo, which is precisely one of the fights with Boca to enter the Libertadores and accumulates one less unit in the Annual Table. Those from Docta are third in the championship with 42, so they have a chance of being champions.
In the event that Vélez wins the Argentine Cup and not the Professional League, it will enter the Libertadores 2025 for the Argentine Cup and It will also free up a place in the Annual that may favor Boca, although it will depend on what Huracán does, especially. If the reverse occurs, the favored team will be Central Córdoba from Santiago del Estero as a finalist in the contest that brings together clubs from all categories of Argentine soccer.
The best outlook for the blue and yellow club is for Talleres to win the Professional League and Vélez the Argentine Cup because, in this way, they will free up the two places they have in the Annual Table. Even so, the xeneize must add units in the Professional League to not be surpassed by those who come behind.
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