Independiente are banking on their home advantage to support them to do well in this fixture versus Racing Club. Who triumphs at Estadio Libertadores de América?
- Independiente have the fewest points (2) at home in Superliga
- Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It's no vacation for neither Independiente nor Racing Club as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Independiente form and stats
0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Independiente have to build on here at Estadio Libertadores de América in the Superliga.
No payout for Independiente in their previous match, an away game at Rosario Central that ended in defeat 0-1. Midfield player Costa got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Costa hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Estudiantes (1-2).Independiente has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches.
Racing Club form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Racing Club playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Racing in their previous game as they lost hosting Newell's Old Boys, 0-1. Midfield player Rojas was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Rojas hit three key passes.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Gimnasia La Plata's place.A quick return to home after this game, as Racing Club are hosting Aucas in the Copa Libertadores only four days away.
Racing Club have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Racing have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Independiente won three games, one match ended with a tie and Racing Club got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rojas Romero 5 goals |   M. Cauteruccio Rodríguez 4 goals | G. Piovi 2 goals |
Independiente missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Independiente | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 12 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 55% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 36% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 18% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 45% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 27% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 13 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.4 | 13.5 |
| 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | 27% |
| 11.8 | 12.4 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 13.2 | 11.2 |
| 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.6 | 3.6 |
- All of Independiente's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Independiente have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Independiente have the fewest points (2) at home in Superliga
- Independiente have the most conceded goals (10) at home in Superliga
- Independiente have yet to win a game at home.
- Independiente haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Rosario Central | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | Talleres Cordoba | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Lanus | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Belgrano | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Newell's Old Boys | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | Racing Club | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Platense | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Instituto | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Estudiantes | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Central Cordoba SdE | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Velez Sarsfield | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 16 | Boca Juniors | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 17 | Godoy Cruz | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 18 | Sarmiento | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 19 | Tigre | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 20 | Huracán | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 | Barracas Central | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 23 | Banfield | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 24 | Colon | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 25 | Independiente | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 9 |
| 26 | Atletico Tucuman | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 9 |
| 27 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 28 | Union Santa Fe | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
