Racing Club vs Argentinos Juniors: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

Racing Club and Argentinos Juniors are both high-flying in the Superliga with their 7th and 5th spots respectively. Expect a wonderful fixture!

Insights:
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (17) in Superliga

Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an energetic game!

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Racing Club form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Racing Club have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.

Racing Club shared the glory with Talleres Córdoba in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfielder Gómez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Gómez hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).

Ahead of that match, Racing Club lost 1-2 at home to San Lorenzo.

Racing have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón with 15 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Racing Club have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.

Argentinos have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 260 minutes ago. Nuss was the goal scorer.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Platense with 0-2 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Defender Torren was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Torren hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

Before that, Argentinos Juniors travelled to Patronato and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Lacking goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Argentinos Juniors as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also faced each other earlier on this season: Racing - Argentinos Juniors 3-0. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - one - three (Racing Club wins - draws - Argentinos Juniors wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Racing ClubE. Copetti
E. Copetti
15 goals
Argentinos JuniorsG. Ávalos Stumpfs
G. Ávalos Stumpfs
8 goals
Racing ClubC. Alcaraz
C. Alcaraz
6 goals

Racing Club missing players

Argentinos Juniors missing players

Racing Club Argentinos Juniors
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 3 Played P 4 16 32
15 9 1 Won W 1 5 15
14 6 1 Drew D 2 6 9
3 1 1 Lost L 1 5 8
53 30 3 Scored S 9 20 41
24 8 2 Conceded C 9 21 32
81% 81% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
69% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 72%
41% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 38% 38%
31% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 25% 12%
16% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 6%
44% 31% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 50%
53% 69% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 28%
22% 19% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 28%
 
5.5 6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.3 4.8
4.7 3.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.8 3.1
2.6 2.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.8 2.2
5 3 2 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.6 15.6 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.6 12.1
5 5.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.3 4.2
33% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 38% 30%
 
10.2 9.1 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.5 9.1
3.8 3.1 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.3
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (17) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most scored goals (15) at home 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 Atletico Tucuman 15 9 5 1 18 6 8 6 2 0 14 3 7 3 3 1 4 3 12 32
2 Gimnasia La Plata 15 8 5 2 16 7 7 5 2 0 9 1 8 3 3 2 7 6 9 29
3 Huracán 16 7 7 2 19 12 7 4 2 1 10 4 9 3 5 1 9 8 7 28
4 Godoy Cruz 16 8 4 4 20 14 7 5 2 0 11 4 9 3 2 4 9 10 6 28
5 Argentinos Juniors 16 8 3 5 18 14 9 6 1 2 12 7 7 2 2 3 6 7 4 27
6 River Plate 16 7 5 4 25 14 7 4 1 2 11 6 9 3 4 2 14 8 11 26
7 Racing Club 16 6 7 3 23 14 8 4 3 1 15 6 8 2 4 2 8 8 9 25
8 Platense 16 6 7 3 17 13 8 3 5 0 9 4 8 3 2 3 8 9 4 25
9 San Lorenzo 16 5 9 2 22 17 9 2 7 0 13 10 7 3 2 2 9 7 5 24
10 Patronato 15 6 5 4 22 18 8 5 2 1 12 5 7 1 3 3 10 13 4 23
11 Boca Juniors 15 7 2 6 19 20 8 5 1 2 14 11 7 2 1 4 5 9 -1 23
12 Union Santa Fe 14 6 3 5 20 22 7 3 1 3 9 11 7 3 2 2 11 11 -2 21
13 Newell's Old Boys 16 5 5 6 14 16 8 2 4 2 7 6 8 3 1 4 7 10 -2 20
14 Tigre 16 4 7 5 22 21 8 3 4 1 11 6 8 1 3 4 11 15 1 19
15 Arsenal de Sarandi 16 3 10 3 16 17 8 2 5 1 8 8 8 1 5 2 8 9 -1 19
16 Estudiantes 15 5 4 6 15 17 8 4 3 1 10 7 7 1 1 5 5 10 -2 19
17 Rosario Central 16 5 4 7 12 16 8 4 1 3 6 6 8 1 3 4 6 10 -4 19
18 Banfield 16 4 6 6 15 17 9 1 4 4 9 13 7 3 2 2 6 4 -2 18
19 Central Cordoba SdE 16 5 3 8 19 23 8 3 1 4 10 12 8 2 2 4 9 11 -4 18
20 Sarmiento 15 5 3 7 16 20 7 4 1 2 11 8 8 1 2 5 5 12 -4 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 Colon 15 4 6 5 13 17 8 3 3 2 9 10 7 1 3 3 4 7 -4 18
23 Barracas Central 15 4 5 6 17 24 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 1 3 3 6 12 -7 17
24 Talleres Córdoba 15 3 6 6 12 15 8 3 2 3 9 9 7 0 4 3 3 6 -3 15
25 Independiente 15 3 5 7 14 18 7 2 2 3 5 7 8 1 3 4 9 11 -4 14
26 Aldosivi 15 3 3 9 10 23 7 2 1 4 5 9 8 1 2 5 5 14 -13 12
27 Velez Sarsfield 15 1 8 6 16 21 7 1 4 2 7 7 8 0 4 4 9 14 -5 11
28 Lanús 16 2 5 9 14 24 7 2 3 2 8 8 9 0 2 7 6 16 -10 11

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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.