Racing Club travel to Independiente and Estadio Libertadores de América full of hope and confidence, but the host team is not easy meat. More info on the fixture here!
- Independiente have not yet lost a game at home.
- Racing Club have not yet lost a game.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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!
Independiente form and stats
Independiente have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Superliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Independiente are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Independiente, who played 1-1 against Central Cordoba SdE. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Libertadores de América). Roa (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Roa scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A 3-3 draw away before that, with Godoy Cruz the opponent.Independiente are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games.
Racing Club form and stats
Things could have gone better for Racing Club in their Superliga away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Racing goalkeeper Gaston Gomez is eager to challenge this, with his 227 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Racing Club play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Atletico Tucuman. Midfield player Miranda was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.25/10. Miranda scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 55 successful passes (of 64 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Talleres Cordoba.Racing Club are a potent attacking force on the road with their 8 goals in 3 league games. Racing have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Independiente won four games, one match ended in a draw and Racing Club got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six The matches between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 10 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  L. Miranda 2 goals | C. Alcaraz 2 goals | E. Copetti 2 goals |
Independiente missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Independiente | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 6.8 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 12 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 13.7 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 33% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 33% |
| 10.2 | 8.3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.7 | 8.3 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.7 |
- All of Racing Club's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Independiente have not yet lost a game at home.
- Independiente have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Racing Club have not yet lost a game.
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Racing Club have scored in all their away matches so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Estudiantes | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Colon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Tigre | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Huracan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Independiente | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Aldosivi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Rosario Central | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Lanus | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Central Cordoba SdE | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Velez Sarsfield | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Barracas Central | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
