This should be an entertaining fixture as Defensa y Justicia have their presumed home advantage, while Racing Club are ahead 11 points in the Superliga table.
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (20) in Superliga
Not much time to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Superliga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Platense, so at least Defensa y Justicia are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
Defensa y Justicia have collected 18 points from their Superliga home games so far after 4-6-1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Justicia after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The home team returns to Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello after drawing with Platense (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. The goalie Unsaín was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.42 out of ten. Unsaín topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Patronato.Defensa y Justicia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Racing Club form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. The fact that Racing Club have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Racing had fun at their own home (Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello) last time out, beating Rosario Central 4-3. Vecchio, Alcaraz, Moreno and Romero scored. What a finish in the last match, as Racing Club came back from being down 1-3 and secured a very satisfying victory through Moreno's goal in the 90th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Moreno scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Rosario Central. Midfielder Vecchio was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.75. Vecchio scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Unión Santa Fe.The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Racing Club are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Defensa y Justicia have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (2-5-0) when facing Racing Club.Justicia and Racing Club have met already this season: Defensa y Justicia - Racing Club 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Copetti 16 goals | C. Alcaraz 7 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 18 | 8 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | 38 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 12 | 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 46 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | 62 |
| 43 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 29 |
| 86% | 78% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 83% | 84% |
| 68% | 67% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 67% | 63% |
| 46% | 39% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 39% | 39% |
| 19% | 17% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 11% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 6% | 16% |
| 62% | 67% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 50% | 42% |
| 19% | 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 39% | 53% |
| 32% | 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 28% | 21% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 11.8 | 13.3 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.1 | 13.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 30% | 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | 32% |
| 13.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.6 | 10.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (20) in Superliga
- Racing Club have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Superliga
- Racing Club have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Tucuman | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
| 2 | Racing Club | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 40 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 39 |
| 4 | Huracan | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Tigre | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Argentinos Juniors | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Godoy Cruz | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | River Plate | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 32 |
| 11 | Platense | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 13 | Independiente | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 14 | Sarmiento | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Defensa y Justicia | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 16 | Patronato | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 28 |
| 17 | Central Cordoba SdE | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 28 |
| 19 | Estudiantes | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 20 | Banfield | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 26 |
| 21 | Unión Santa Fe | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 22 | Talleres Cordoba | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| 23 | Rosario Central | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 24 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 25 | Colon | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 22 |
| 26 | Lanus | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 17 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 16 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 23 | -27 | 13 |
