Superliga preview: Can Racing Club edge out victory against Tigre?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 31.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

It's looking good for Racing Club so far, with their 3rd position in the Superliga table and looking forward to facing Tigre (who are in 18th).

Insights:
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (14) in Superliga
  • Tigre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Argentina game only four days ago.

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Racing Club form and stats

4-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Racing Club so far this season.

A strong away win for Racing Club against Central Cordoba SdE the last match, as Alcaraz and Copetti (2) were on target. The striker Copetti outperformed all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.02 out of 10. Copetti scored two goals and hit one key pass.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Arsenal de Sarandi.

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 Racing Club have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Racing Club can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. Defensively Racing have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tigre form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Tigre have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.

Tigre delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Deportivo Madryn in their previous match; a Copa Argentina duel.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Platense in the Superliga.

We have checked recent matches where Tigre have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The visiting Tigre have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - two - one (Racing wins - draws - Tigre wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Racing ClubE. Copetti
E. Copetti
13 goals
TigreM. Retegui
M. Retegui
8 goals
Racing ClubC. Alcaraz
C. Alcaraz
5 goals

Racing Club missing players

Tigre missing players

Racing Club Tigre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 1 Played P 3 14 27
14 9 0 Won W 1 3 9
10 4 1 Drew D 1 4 9
2 0 0 Lost L 1 7 9
46 26 1 Scored S 4 16 34
18 3 1 Conceded C 4 22 31
85% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
69% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 78%
42% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 41%
35% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 11%
15% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
42% 23% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 56%
54% 77% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 26%
19% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 26%
 
5.7 6.4 11 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.3 4.7
4.5 3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5.4 4.6
2.6 2.7 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.9 16.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 11.6 12.3
5.4 6.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.6
33% 32% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 27%
 
9.6 8.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 11.6 9.6
3.7 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5.1 4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Racing Club have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (14) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the the best goal difference (+8) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Tigre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 10 6 4 0 10 3 5 3 2 0 7 3 5 3 2 0 3 0 7 22
2 Argentinos Juniors 10 6 2 2 15 9 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 2 1 2 6 5 6 20
3 Racing Club 10 5 3 2 16 8 5 4 1 0 11 1 5 1 2 2 5 7 8 18
4 Gimnasia La Plata 10 5 3 2 10 6 5 4 1 0 7 1 5 1 2 2 3 5 4 18
5 Union Santa Fe 10 5 3 2 18 16 5 2 1 2 7 8 5 3 2 0 11 8 2 18
6 Godoy Cruz 10 5 2 3 12 8 4 4 0 0 7 2 6 1 2 3 5 6 4 17
7 Huracan 10 4 5 1 11 8 4 2 2 0 5 2 6 2 3 1 6 6 3 17
8 Platense 10 4 5 1 11 8 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 2 2 1 5 5 3 17
9 Newell's Old Boys 10 4 4 2 10 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 16
10 River Plate 10 4 3 3 15 10 4 2 1 1 3 3 6 2 2 2 12 7 5 15
11 Boca Juniors 10 5 0 5 16 16 6 4 0 2 12 10 4 1 0 3 4 6 0 15
12 Patronato 10 4 2 4 13 13 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 1 1 3 7 10 0 14
13 Rosario Central 10 4 2 4 7 7 5 3 1 1 3 1 5 1 1 3 4 6 0 14
14 San Lorenzo 10 2 7 1 14 12 6 1 5 0 10 9 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 13
15 Banfield 10 3 4 3 12 10 6 1 3 2 8 9 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 13
16 Colon 10 3 4 3 10 9 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 1 2 2 4 4 1 13
17 Defensa y Justicia 10 3 4 3 11 12 5 2 3 0 7 5 5 1 1 3 4 7 -1 13
18 Tigre 10 3 3 4 14 14 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 1 1 3 7 10 0 12
19 Arsenal de Sarandi 10 2 6 2 11 13 5 1 3 1 4 6 5 1 3 1 7 7 -2 12
20 Barracas Central 10 3 3 4 13 16 6 2 1 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 -3 12
21 Sarmiento 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 3 1 1 8 5 5 0 1 4 1 6 -2 11
22 Estudiantes 10 3 2 5 13 16 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 1 0 4 5 9 -3 11
23 Talleres Cordoba 10 2 3 5 6 10 5 2 0 3 3 5 5 0 3 2 3 5 -4 9
24 Velez Sarsfield 10 1 5 4 10 13 5 1 2 2 5 5 5 0 3 2 5 8 -3 8
25 Independiente 10 2 2 6 8 14 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 0 1 4 4 9 -6 8
26 Central Cordoba SdE 10 2 2 6 10 17 5 1 0 4 4 10 5 1 2 2 6 7 -7 8
27 Lanus 10 1 3 6 9 16 4 1 2 1 6 6 6 0 1 5 3 10 -7 6
28 Aldosivi 10 1 2 7 6 18 5 1 1 3 2 6 5 0 1 4 4 12 -12 5

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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.