Home advantage could prove decisive in Estudiantes - Racing Club battle

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 08.Jul
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi

More points have been won by Estudiantes so far this season, with their 5th place in the Superliga table and welcoming Racing Club (who are sitting at 12th).

Insights:
  • Estudiantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Racing Club have the most conceded goals (31) in Superliga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Estudiantes form and stats

Estudiantes have collected 22 points from their Superliga home games so far after 6-4-2. In general it's been a long time since Estudiantes tasted defeat here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Estudiantes travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rosario Central that ended 0-0. The goalie Andújar was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.33 out of ten. Andújar saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Estudiantes drew at home versus Central Cordoba SdE.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Estudiantes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Low on goals? In this team's last 13 league games, 11 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

Estudiantes are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Sudamericana match at Barcelona awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Estudiantes in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. Estudiantes have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Racing Club form and stats

3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Racing Club, who have the most conceded goals (31) in Superliga, in their Superliga matches away.

Racing Club's last game was the home draw against San Lorenzo (1-1). Hauche has bagged at least one goal for this side three fixtures in a row. The efficiency! Midfielder Gómez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Gómez hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Colon at their stadium, the result 4-0.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored in 12 of this club's last 16 league games.

Racing have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Racing Club have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Estudiantes have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Racing Club.

Top Goalscorers

EstudiantesM. Boselli
M. Boselli
6 goals
Racing ClubG. Hauche
G. Hauche
6 goals
Racing ClubM. Rojas Romero
M. Rojas Romero
6 goals

Estudiantes missing players

Racing Club missing players

Estudiantes Racing Club
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 2 11 23
10 6 2 Won W 0 3 8
8 4 2 Drew D 1 3 7
5 2 0 Lost L 1 5 8
27 18 10 Scored S 1 15 31
19 10 4 Conceded C 3 16 31
87% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
65% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 83%
30% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 55% 52%
4% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 30%
4% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 61%
39% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 22%
26% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 22%
 
4.9 5.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.3 4.7
4.6 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.6 3.7
2 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
14 14.6 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.5 12.6
4.6 4.5 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.8 4.7
26% 33% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 28%
 
10 9.5 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 11.9 12
3 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Estudiantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Racing Club have the most conceded goals (31) in Superliga
  • Racing Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 River Plate 23 17 2 4 42 15 11 10 0 1 21 5 12 7 2 3 21 10 27 53
2 San Lorenzo 23 11 9 3 22 9 12 8 4 0 12 0 11 3 5 3 10 9 13 42
3 Talleres Cordoba 22 12 5 5 37 20 12 7 2 3 16 8 10 5 3 2 21 12 17 41
4 Lanus 23 11 7 5 31 21 11 8 1 2 16 7 12 3 6 3 15 14 10 40
5 Estudiantes 23 10 8 5 27 19 12 6 4 2 18 10 11 4 4 3 9 9 8 38
6 Defensa y Justicia 22 10 6 6 27 16 12 6 4 2 16 9 10 4 2 4 11 7 11 36
7 Rosario Central 23 9 9 5 30 25 12 8 4 0 22 8 11 1 5 5 8 17 5 36
8 Godoy Cruz 23 10 6 7 30 25 11 7 3 1 21 9 12 3 3 6 9 16 5 36
9 Belgrano 22 10 4 8 20 19 10 6 3 1 12 5 12 4 1 7 8 14 1 34
10 Argentinos Juniors 22 9 5 8 26 19 10 6 2 2 21 10 12 3 3 6 5 9 7 32
11 Boca Juniors 22 9 4 9 25 22 12 6 3 3 16 9 10 3 1 6 9 13 3 31
12 Racing Club 23 8 7 8 31 31 12 5 4 3 16 15 11 3 3 5 15 16 0 31
13 Newell's Old Boys 22 7 9 6 20 19 11 6 4 1 12 4 11 1 5 5 8 15 1 30
14 Platense 23 8 5 10 24 27 12 5 4 3 14 11 11 3 1 7 10 16 -3 29
15 Sarmiento 22 7 7 8 22 20 10 4 3 3 15 11 12 3 4 5 7 9 2 28
16 Barracas Central 22 6 9 7 22 28 12 5 4 3 12 11 10 1 5 4 10 17 -6 27
17 Gimnasia La Plata 22 7 6 9 19 29 10 5 3 2 10 7 12 2 3 7 9 22 -10 27
18 Central Cordoba SdE 22 6 8 8 17 22 11 4 2 5 7 8 11 2 6 3 10 14 -5 26
19 Tigre 23 6 7 10 21 27 11 4 3 4 12 13 12 2 4 6 9 14 -6 25
20 Instituto 22 6 7 9 18 29 12 4 6 2 9 9 10 2 1 7 9 20 -11 25
21 Velez Sarsfield 23 5 9 9 22 24 12 3 7 2 15 10 11 2 2 7 7 14 -2 24
22 Independiente 22 5 9 8 21 26 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 1 5 5 6 13 -5 24
23 Atletico Tucuman 22 5 9 8 19 27 11 4 4 3 12 13 11 1 5 5 7 14 -8 24
24 Colon 23 4 12 7 19 27 12 3 6 3 13 16 11 1 6 4 6 11 -8 24
25 Banfield 23 6 6 11 17 30 12 4 4 4 7 11 11 2 2 7 10 19 -13 24
26 Union Santa Fe 22 5 8 9 17 25 10 3 3 4 10 12 12 2 5 5 7 13 -8 23
27 Huracan 22 4 7 11 16 26 10 3 4 3 9 11 12 1 3 8 7 15 -10 19
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 22 5 2 15 15 30 10 4 1 5 10 13 12 1 1 10 5 17 -15 17

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.