It's only fixture two of the Superliga for these contenders. And it's all to play for here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona as Argentinos Juniors greet Racing Club. Read this preview!
This could be an appealing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
The previous season, Argentinos Juniors's league stats were 8 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, leading to 15th position in the Superliga. During these 25 matches they scored {26 goals} and gave away 25. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Argentinos Juniors managed 6-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with {16 goals} and 8 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager Milito led his Argentinos Juniors to a defeat away at Rosario Central. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. Allister, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Allister hit one key pass and won 5 of 5 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Velez Sarsfield in a game that was won 2-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Argentinos Juniors have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 1 and lost 5.
Racing Club form and stats
Racing's last game was the home draw against Belgrano (0-0). Midfield player Moreno was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Moreno hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 56 successful passes (of 66 total).
Earlier, the Super Cup win away at Boca Juniors. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Racing Club playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Racing Club wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - one - five (Argentinos Juniors wins - draws - Racing Club wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
