Both Lanús and Racing Club are craving for points in this match, despite the away side carrying a 27 point edge so far this season.
- Lanús have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Superliga
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (22) in Superliga
This is a local fight, usually meaning extra tension and importance.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superliga. That game was also an away game, at Colón. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Lanús form and stats
Lanús's struggle is real here at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez with only 12 points collected from 12 Superliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-6. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Lanús to get some points in this home game.
The Lanús crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Patronato here at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez. Pasquini, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Pasquini hit two key passes and won 6 of 6 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Estudiantes.Lanús are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Platense awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Lanús here at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). 16 goals have been conceded.
Racing Club form and stats
Playing away, Racing Club have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Superliga this season.
The Racing goalkeeper Gabriel Arias Arroyo is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 195 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two trips in a row for Racing Club, whose coach Gago could celebrate last time after the win against Colón. Piovi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 9.04. The defender Piovi served one assist, hit two key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Atlético Tucumán.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting River Plate in just four days.
Racing are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Lanús three wins, zero draws and Racing Club five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Copetti 18 goals | C. Alcaraz 7 goals |  J. Sand 6 goals |
Lanús missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Lanús | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 39 | 19 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 20 | 41 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 38 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 29 | 69 |
| 56 | 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 2 | 20 | 32 |
| 95% | 95% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | 85% |
| 69% | 58% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 70% | 66% |
| 46% | 32% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 39% |
| 23% | 21% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 35% | 29% |
| 5% | 5% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 17% |
| 54% | 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 50% | 41% |
| 21% | 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 40% | 54% |
| 31% | 32% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 20% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 10.2 | 12.3 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.9 | 13.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 26% | 23% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 32% |
| 10.8 | 9.6 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 11.7 | 10.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- Lanús have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in Superliga
- Lanús have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Superliga
- 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 (22) 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 | Boca Juniors | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 48 |
| 2 | Racing Club | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 47 |
| 3 | Atlético Tucumán | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 45 |
| 4 | River Plate | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 44 |
| 5 | Huracan | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 44 |
| 6 | Tigre | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | San Lorenzo | 25 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 37 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 36 |
| 11 | Godoy Cruz | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Patronato | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 34 |
| 13 | Defensa y Justicia | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 14 | Platense | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 15 | Independiente | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -1 | 31 |
| 16 | Central Cordoba SdE | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 31 |
| 17 | Sarmiento | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 18 | Unión Santa Fe | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 30 |
| 19 | Barracas Central | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -7 | 30 |
| 20 | Estudiantes | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -10 | 30 |
| 21 | Banfield | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 29 |
| 22 | Talleres Cordoba | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 23 | Rosario Central | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 24 | Colón | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 28 |
| 25 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 27 |
| 26 | Vélez Sarsfield | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 27 | Lanús | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -17 | 20 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 16 |
