Boca Juniors are prepared for a new test after their 2-2 versus Rosario Central in the previous match. Racing Club are coming to play!
- Boca Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Racing Club have won significantly less corners away then at home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Boca Juniors form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Boca Juniors have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. Three consecutive losses here at Estadio Alberto José Armando is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Boca Juniors drew their last game, 2-2 away at Rosario Central (placed 5th). Payero (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Payero scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 44 successful passes (of 54 total).
A win at home before that, as predicted. The team were solid favourites against Deportivo Pereira and won 2-1. 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 Boca Juniors have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The manager Quintana will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Colo-Colo in only four days.
Boca Juniors has scored {7 goals-1} so far and conceded {7 goals-2} from 7 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Racing Club form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
The manager Gago was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón. Racing suffered a 1-3 loss to Atlético Tucumán (placed 24th). Defender Sigali was the best team player with a rating of 7.64. Sigali hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
A home victory as anticipated against Aucas preceding that, in the Copa Libertadores. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Racing Club in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Racing Club, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Racing find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Racing Club have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Racing Club have not lost in the last 6 matches (2-4-0) versus Boca Juniors.The matches between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 11 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rojas Romero 6 goals |   L. Langoni 3 goals | J. Figal 3 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Boca Juniors | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 85% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 54% | 43% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 69% |
| 54% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 23% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 8% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.2 | 16.1 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 11 | 13.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 27% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 11.2 | 11 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 12.3 | 10.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 3.6 |
- Boca Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Racing Club have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Racing Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Defensa y Justicia | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Belgrano | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Rosario Central | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Lanus | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 7 | Talleres Cordoba | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | Estudiantes | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 11 | Racing Club | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Platense | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Instituto | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Tigre | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Velez Sarsfield | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 17 | Boca Juniors | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 19 | Central Cordoba SdE | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 20 | Colon | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 21 | Banfield | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
| 23 | Huracan | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 24 | Atlético Tucumán | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 25 | Barracas Central | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 13 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 27 | Independiente | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 10 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 8 |
