Velez vs San Martin de San Juan
Vélez Sarsfield suffered a dramatic decline in just two months, going from the best team in the league to one of the worst. Last Sunday, the reigning Argentine champions suffered another defeat, losing 2-0 at home to Huracán. This result leaves them at the bottom of Group A with only two points (from two draws and six losses) and still without a single goal in the Torneo Apertura. At home, Vélez have drawn one and lost three matches so far in 2025. As a result of this crisis, head coach Sebastián Domínguez has stepped down, with Marcelo Bravo set to take over as interim manager this Friday. Aaron Quirós is suspended after receiving a red card against Huracán, while Christian Ordóñez, Matías Pellegrini, and Emanuel Mammana are all sidelined due to injuries. On the other hand, Agustin Bouzat returns from suspension.
San Martín SJ finally secured their first victory since returning to the top division last Saturday, coming from behind to defeat Belgrano 3-1 at home. With this result, Raul Antuña’s team ended their seven-match winless streak (three draws and four losses) and reached six points in the Torneo Apertura, opening a four-point gap over Aldosivi, the other newly promoted team. El Verdinegro have not won away from home in four matches, picking up just two points from a possible 12 in that stretch.
Unbelievable bad streak by Velez, they will have a new coach next week and at some point they will start improving because they are not as bad as their numbers say. They couldn’t score a goal in 8 rounds of this tournament but again I have to take this OVER on the short totals line because this bad run can’t go much longer, and San Martin comes from a solid performance at home scoring three goals.