Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Boca Juniors & Racing Club face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Super Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 1-2 vs Racing Club (in Trofeo de Campeones).
Before that result, a home defeat in the Trofeo de Campeones against Racing Club (after extra-time).
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Boca Juniors, who have participated in two training matches. Boca Juniors have won 0 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 0 games.
Racing Club form and stats
Two away games in a row for Racing Club, whose coach Gago could celebrate last time after the Trofeo de Campeones win against Boca Juniors.
Ahead of that, the Trofeo de Campeones victory away at Tigre (after extra-time).
It's a day of discovery for Racing as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Racing Club have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Racing Club has scored {0 goals} and conceded 0 times.
Head 2 Head
Racing Club have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (1-4-0) versus Boca Juniors.The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 11 red cards from the last ten duels.
Boca Juniors missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Boca Juniors | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 14.3 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 10.5 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
