Overview
- Duván Vergara scored in the 41st minute after a long outlet from goalkeeper Facundo Cambeses.
- The match at the Cilindro de Avellaneda was played without fans under a three-game APreViDe sanction for pyrotechnics used during the Flamengo reception in the Copa Libertadores.
- The result moved Racing to fourth in Group A on 22 points and to 50 in the annual table, strengthening its Copa Sudamericana prospects.
- Cambeses registered his seventh consecutive domestic clean sheet.
- Defensa y Justicia missed a direct chance to enter the playoff zone and now must beat Independiente Rivadavia in the finale and rely on other results.