High flying Racing Club arrive at Estudiantes after their 1-0-result vs Argentinos Juniors. Get out our complete preview!
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (18) in Superliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Estudiantes form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Superliga games here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi for Estudiantes. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Estudiantes, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mariano Gonzalo Andujar not having conceded a league goal in 350 minutes.
Estudiantes travelled for their previous game, a trip to Platense that ended 0-0. The Estudiantes goalkeeper Andújar was crucial in the match against Platense last time out, making six saves. Andújar, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.14 out of 10 in that game. Andújar topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Estudiantes had a home game versus Patronato which ended with a victory 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Estudiantes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Estudiantes as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Estudiantes has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
A betting fact: This side have finished 7 league games in a row with only one (or none) club finding the net.
Estudiantes are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Rosario Central awaits in four days.
The Estudiantes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Estudiantes have conceded only 7 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Racing Club form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Racing Club playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
Racing are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Argentinos Juniors (placed 8th). Defender Galván was the best team player with a rating of 8.15. Galván hit the woodwork once and won 8 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Talleres Cordoba.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Racing Club in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Racing Club, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this club's latest 12 league rounds have seen two goals or less.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Patronato in just four days.
Racing Club have the goal stats of 8-8 (for/against) from 8 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Racing Club have avoided defeat in the last 8 games (3-5-0) facing Estudiantes.Top Goalscorers
  E. Copetti 15 goals |   M. Boselli 12 goals | L. Díaz 8 goals |
Estudiantes missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Estudiantes | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 17 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 14 | 11 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50 | 28 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 23 | 54 |
| 38 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 81% | 82% |
| 72% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | 67% |
| 56% | 53% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 44% | 39% |
| 31% | 24% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 38% | 30% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 6% | 15% |
| 66% | 59% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | 42% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 38% | 55% |
| 19% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 21% |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.1 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11.3 | 12.4 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 37% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 34% | 32% |
| 11.2 | 9.5 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.2 | 10.2 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (18) in Superliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gimnasia La Plata | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Atletico Tucuman | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Huracan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | River Plate | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 5 | Boca Juniors | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 6 | Racing Club | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 7 | Godoy Cruz | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Platense | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Patronato | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Estudiantes | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Unión Santa Fe | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | Tigre | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Rosario Central | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 20 | Banfield | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 22 | Central Cordoba SdE | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 23 | Colon | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 24 | Talleres Cordoba | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 25 | Independiente | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 26 | Aldosivi | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 12 |
| 28 | Lanús | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
