Superliga match preview and statistics: Argentinos Juniors fight Racing Club

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 00:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona (25000 seats)

Argentinos Juniors and Racing Club are both riding high in the Superliga with their 3rd and 8th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

This stadium, Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, has been a fortress for Argentinos Juniors in the Superliga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-2-0.

In their previous game, the manager D. Dabove led his Argentinos Juniors to a defeat in the Superliga match away at Unión Santa Fe. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. In the match before that, Argentinos Juniors hosted Estudiantes and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Argentinos Juniors perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Argentinos Juniors as a small favourite), we find ten games. Argentinos Juniors has won five of these, drawn one and lost four.

A decent goal production from Argentinos Juniors in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Argentinos Juniors have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Racing Club form and stats

The visitors are W2-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.

There were no winners in Racing Club's previous match, a Superliga home game that ended 1-1 vs Atlético Tucumán (placed 11th). Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Atletico PR.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Racing Club in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Racing Club, three draws and four defeats.

Racing Club have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Racing Club have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Argentinos Juniors-Racing Club H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Argentinos Juniors two wins, Racing Club two wins, zero draws. zero of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Argentinos JuniorsG. Hauche
G. Hauche
5 goals
Racing ClubL. López
L. López
4 goals
Argentinos JuniorsS. Silva Olivera
S. Silva Olivera
3 goals

Argentinos Juniors missing players

Racing Club missing players

Argentinos Juniors Racing Club
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 4 8 17
8 6 1 Won W 1 2 6
6 2 1 Drew D 2 5 9
3 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
16 13 3 Scored S 4 10 21
12 6 2 Conceded C 4 9 19
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 82%
41% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 65%
24% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 35%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 24%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
35% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 59%
47% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 35%
35% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 24%
 
5.1 4.9 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 2 3.2 4.3
4.9 5.1 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 6.6 4.9
2.8 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 4
 
178 93 26 Total Shots T S 24 65 178
55 32 7 Shots on Target S O 11 26 66
29% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 38% 32%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Argentinos Juniors has the most points (20) at home
  • Argentinos Juniors have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Argentinos Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Argentinos Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Argentinos Juniors have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Argentinos Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Racing Club have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Racing Club have won significantly less corners away then at 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 River Plate 17 10 3 4 32 15 8 3 1 4 8 6 9 7 2 0 24 9 17 33
2 Boca Juniors 17 8 6 3 19 7 9 4 4 1 12 4 8 4 2 2 7 3 12 30
3 Velez Sarsfield 18 8 6 4 18 12 9 4 4 1 12 6 9 4 2 3 6 6 6 30
4 Argentinos Juniors 17 8 6 3 16 12 8 6 2 0 13 6 9 2 4 3 3 6 4 30
5 Rosario Central 17 7 8 2 25 17 9 5 3 1 17 8 8 2 5 1 8 9 8 29
6 Lanús 17 8 5 4 23 21 8 5 2 1 12 7 9 3 3 3 11 14 2 29
7 Arsenal de Sarandi 17 8 4 5 28 21 9 4 4 1 17 11 8 4 0 4 11 10 7 28
8 Racing Club 17 6 9 2 21 19 9 4 4 1 11 10 8 2 5 1 10 9 2 27
9 San Lorenzo 17 8 3 6 24 23 9 4 2 3 15 15 8 4 1 3 9 8 1 27
10 Newell's Old Boys 17 7 5 5 26 21 8 5 1 2 14 8 9 2 4 3 12 13 5 26
11 Atlético Tucumán 17 7 5 5 18 16 8 4 2 2 11 8 9 3 3 3 7 8 2 26
12 Estudiantes 17 7 4 6 17 14 8 5 2 1 10 2 9 2 2 5 7 12 3 25
13 Defensa y Justicia 17 7 3 7 17 15 9 3 2 4 8 7 8 4 1 3 9 8 2 24
14 Talleres Córdoba 17 7 3 7 23 22 8 4 3 1 12 10 9 3 0 6 11 12 1 24
15 Unión Santa Fe 17 6 5 6 16 20 8 4 2 2 8 6 9 2 3 4 8 14 -4 23
16 Independiente 17 6 4 7 18 21 8 3 1 4 12 12 9 3 3 3 6 9 -3 22
17 Banfield 17 5 6 6 16 16 9 2 3 4 10 12 8 3 3 2 6 4 0 21
18 Central Cordoba SdE 17 5 6 6 18 19 9 4 3 2 8 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -1 21
19 Aldosivi 18 4 4 10 16 26 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 1 1 7 7 18 -10 16
20 Colón 17 5 1 11 16 27 9 5 1 3 11 11 8 0 0 8 5 16 -11 16
21 Gimnasia La Plata 17 4 3 10 18 19 9 1 1 7 3 10 8 3 2 3 15 9 -1 15
22 Huracán 17 3 6 8 9 18 8 2 3 3 5 8 9 1 3 5 4 10 -9 15
23 Patronato 17 3 5 9 14 26 8 2 2 4 6 11 9 1 3 5 8 15 -12 14
24 Godoy Cruz 17 3 0 14 16 37 9 2 0 7 8 20 8 1 0 7 8 17 -21 9

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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.