Boca Juniors vs Racing Club: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 23:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando (49000 seats)

Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando: Get ready for a football party when Boca Juniors welcomes Racing Club. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • Boca Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Superliga

The hosts Boca Juniors saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Superliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Platense.

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Boca Juniors form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Boca Juniors have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.

A strong away win for Juniors against Platense the last match, as Diego González, Norberto Briasco and Cristian Pavón were on target. Carlos Izquierdoz was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Izquierdoz served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match, Juniors won a home game hosting Patronato (1-0).

Boca Juniors aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. On the other hand, Juniors have conceded 3 goals.

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Racing Club form and stats

Playing away, Racing Club, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Superliga, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Superliga this season.

Racing have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Gabriel Arias Arroyo. It's been 291 minutes since they last conceded in Superliga.

Racing Club delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Central Cordoba SdE (placed 23rd) in their previous match; a Superliga game. Midfielder Leonel Miranda was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Miranda dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 56 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Arsenal de Sarandi at their stadium, the result 3-0.

Racing have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Racing are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Racing Club - Juniors 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Juniors victories, three draws and four Racing Club wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Racing ClubT. Chancalay
T. Chancalay
8 goals
Boca JuniorsS. Villa Cano
S. Villa Cano
4 goals
JuniorsC. Izquierdoz
C. Izquierdoz
3 goals

Boca Juniors missing players

Racing Club missing players

Boca Juniors Racing Club
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 1 12 24
8 4 1 Won W 0 3 10
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 8
5 2 1 Lost L 0 5 6
29 14 3 Scored S 0 8 22
19 12 3 Conceded C 0 9 16
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 71%
61% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 46%
26% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 25%
17% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
52% 73% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 8% 17%
30% 18% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 58% 67%
30% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 46%
 
4.2 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.7 5.3
3.6 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 10 5.1 4.8
2.7 2.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 2.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.1 10.5 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 4 9.5 10
3.3 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 3
38% 33% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 31%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Boca Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boca Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (16) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (7) away in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Superliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lanus 8 5 1 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 6 6 3 16
2 Racing Club 8 4 3 1 8 1 4 2 2 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 5 1 7 15
3 Independiente 8 4 3 1 7 4 4 2 2 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 4 4 3 15
4 Colon 8 4 2 2 8 10 4 2 1 1 4 5 4 2 1 1 4 5 -2 14
5 Estudiantes 7 4 1 2 13 7 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 2 1 1 8 6 6 13
6 Talleres Cordoba 7 4 1 2 10 6 3 2 1 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 6 6 4 13
7 Aldosivi 7 4 1 2 9 7 4 2 0 2 4 4 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 13
8 Argentinos Juniors 7 3 3 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 3 12
9 Patronato 8 3 3 2 8 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 12
10 River Plate 7 3 2 2 13 6 4 2 1 1 8 3 3 1 1 1 5 3 7 11
11 Defensa y Justicia 8 3 2 3 11 9 4 3 0 1 10 6 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 11
12 Newell's Old Boys 8 3 2 3 9 10 4 3 1 0 9 5 4 0 1 3 0 5 -1 11
13 Atletico Tucuman 8 3 2 3 9 11 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 1 0 3 4 9 -2 11
14 Boca Juniors 8 2 4 2 6 6 3 1 1 1 2 3 5 1 3 1 4 3 0 10
15 Godoy Cruz 7 3 1 3 9 10 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 10
16 Sarmiento 8 3 1 4 8 11 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 3 8 -3 10
17 Gimnasia La Plata 8 2 3 3 7 9 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 0 1 3 2 6 -2 9
18 Huracán 8 1 5 2 6 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 8
19 Banfield 8 1 5 2 5 7 3 0 2 1 1 2 5 1 3 1 4 5 -2 8
20 San Lorenzo 7 2 2 3 5 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 3 7 -4 8
21 Rosario Central 8 2 1 5 9 9 4 2 0 2 7 4 4 0 1 3 2 5 0 7
22 Velez Sarsfield 8 1 4 3 6 6 4 1 2 1 5 2 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 7
23 Central Cordoba SdE 8 1 4 3 7 9 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 0 2 2 1 3 -2 7
24 Union Santa Fe 7 1 3 3 7 9 4 1 1 2 6 4 3 0 2 1 1 5 -2 6
25 Platense 8 1 3 4 8 12 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 4 6 -4 6
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 8 1 2 5 5 18 4 1 2 1 4 6 4 0 0 4 1 12 -13 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.