Crucial fight in the cellar of the Reserve League, with both Racing Club Res. and Estudiantes La Plata Res feeling more worry than happiness. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team placed 22nd and the away side in 24th position.
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.
Racing Club Res. form and stats
The story so far in the Reserve League for Racing Club Res. at their home stadium is 2 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. When Racing Club Res. hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Patronato Res., Arsenal Res., Barracas Central Res., Godoy Cruz Res., Atletico Tucuman Res., Racing Club Res., Aldosivi Res., Sarmiento Res. and Platense Res.), they have won 2 of 4 matches! The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts.
In their previous game, led his Racing Club Res. to a defeat away at Argentinos Juniors Res.. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
Before that game, the home loss against Talleres Cordoba Res. with the scoreline 1-3.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Racing have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 5.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Racing Club Res. as they are travelling to their away game against Patronato Res. in the Reserve League. That match is four days after this one.
The Racing fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Racing Club Res. have conceded 11 in these home matches. Racing has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Estudiantes La Plata Res form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Reserve League travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. We have registered quite the succession of draws for Estudiantes La Plata Res when travelling, as their latest four away games have all ended without a winner. Not since the Barracas Central Res. fixture has the points been won by one team.
Estudiantes La Plata Res aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 339 league minutes without a goal. Palavecino was the last player to find the net.
Estudiantes failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Platense Res. (placed 23rd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Until that loss this team had gained at least a draw from six league games in a row.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Patronato Res..As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Estudiantes La Plata Res in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Estudiantes La Plata Res, 7 draws and 7 defeats.
Low on goals? 12 of this team's last 15 league matches have contained two or less goals.
After this away game Estudiantes return home for a Reserve League game against Rosario Central Res.. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Estudiantes La Plata Res's away league games. Only 4 goals from 9 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Estudiantes La Plata Res as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the prior four meetings): Racing won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Estudiantes La Plata Res got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two.
Racing Club Res. missing players
Estudiantes La Plata Res missing players
| Racing Club Res. | Estudiantes La Plata Res | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 41 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 39 |
| 48 | 22 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 36 |
| 90% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 76% | 79% |
| 71% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 53% | 59% |
| 48% | 47% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 29% | 38% |
| 35% | 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 12% | 21% |
| 16% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 6% | 12% |
| 45% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 29% | 41% |
| 26% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 53% | 38% |
| 39% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 41% | 41% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9.6 | 9.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.1 | 10.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | 4 |
| 34% | 39% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 33% | 27% |
| 7.9 | 7.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 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 Res. | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 37 |
| 2 | Velez Sarsfield Res. | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 35 |
| 3 | Argentinos Juniors Res. | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Newell's Old Boys Res. | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Huracán Res. | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Gimnasia Esgrima Res. | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | River Plate Res. | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Independiente Res. | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | San Lorenzo Res. | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Tigre Res. | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Defensa y Justicia Res. | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Rosario Central Res. | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 13 | Unión Santa Fe Res. | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 14 | Lanús Res. | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Colon Res. | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 16 | Banfield Res. | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 17 | Talleres Cordoba Res. | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE Res. | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 22 |
| 19 | Atletico Tucuman Res. | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 21 |
| 20 | Godoy Cruz Res. | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 21 | Arsenal Res. | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 22 | Racing Club Res. | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 23 | Platense Res. | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 17 |
| 24 | Estudiantes La Plata Res | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 17 |
| 25 | Aldosivi Res. | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 17 |
| 26 | Barracas Central Res. | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -19 | 16 |
| 27 | Patronato Res. | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -14 | 15 |
| 28 | Sarmiento Res. | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
