Superliga preview: Can Racing Club edge out victory against Atletico Tucuman?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Date: Sun 26.January
Match begins: 22:40 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Domingo Peron (51389 seats)

It's advantage Racing Club so far with their 8th position in the Superliga table, welcoming Atletico Tucuman who are placed 11th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Atlético Tucumán when visiting Racing Club as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

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Racing Club form and stats

Racing Club have collected 15 points from their Superliga home games so far after 4-3-1. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Racing Club drew their last game, also a home match. Atletico PR was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Ahead of that match, Racing Club won a home game hosting Tigre (2-0).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Racing Club's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Racing Club as they are travelling to their away game against Argentinos Juniors in the Superliga. That match is four days after this one.

Racing Club are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Racing Club have conceded 9 goals.

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Atlético Tucumán form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The last three matches for Atlético Tucumán have all ended in a draw.

Atlético Tucumán's last game was the home draw against Newell's Old Boys (2-2). A 1-1 draw at Estudiantes's stadium before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Atlético Tucumán when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Defensa y Justicia in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Atlético Tucumán as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Atlético Tucumán are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Racing Club, 1 draw and 1 win for Atlético Tucumán. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético TucumánL. Díaz
L. Díaz
5 goals
Racing ClubL. López
L. López
4 goals
Racing ClubF. Zaracho
F. Zaracho
3 goals

Racing Club missing players

Atlético Tucumán missing players

Racing Club Atlético Tucumán
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 1 8 16
6 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
8 3 2 Drew D 0 2 4
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
20 10 1 Scored S 0 6 17
18 9 1 Conceded C 1 7 15
81% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
62% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 56%
38% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 38%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 38%
25% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 31%
 
4.3 5.4 2 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.6 4.2
4.9 3.2 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 10 5.6 4.7
2.4 2.5 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 3.2
4 3 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 3
 
173 108 34 Total Shots T S 9 61 165
65 39 12 Shots on Target S O 2 23 54
31% 26% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 31%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Racing Club have won significantly more corners at home than 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 16 9 3 4 31 15 8 3 1 4 8 6 8 6 2 0 23 9 16 30
2 Argentinos Juniors 16 8 6 2 16 11 8 6 2 0 13 6 8 2 4 2 3 5 5 30
3 Boca Juniors 16 8 5 3 19 7 8 4 3 1 12 4 8 4 2 2 7 3 12 29
4 Lanús 16 8 5 3 23 19 8 5 2 1 12 7 8 3 3 2 11 12 4 29
5 Vélez Sarsfield 16 8 4 4 17 11 8 4 3 1 11 5 8 4 1 3 6 6 6 28
6 Arsenal de Sarandi 16 8 3 5 27 20 8 4 3 1 16 10 8 4 0 4 11 10 7 27
7 Rosario Central 16 6 8 2 23 16 8 4 3 1 15 7 8 2 5 1 8 9 7 26
8 Racing Club 16 6 8 2 20 18 8 4 3 1 10 9 8 2 5 1 10 9 2 26
9 San Lorenzo 16 8 2 6 23 22 8 4 1 3 14 14 8 4 1 3 9 8 1 26
10 Newell's Old Boys 16 7 4 5 25 20 8 5 1 2 14 8 8 2 3 3 11 12 5 25
11 Atlético Tucumán 16 7 4 5 17 15 8 4 2 2 11 8 8 3 2 3 6 7 2 25
12 Talleres Córdoba 16 7 3 6 22 18 8 4 3 1 12 10 8 3 0 5 10 8 4 24
13 Estudiantes 16 7 3 6 16 13 8 5 2 1 10 2 8 2 1 5 6 11 3 24
14 Defensa y Justicia 16 6 3 7 13 14 8 2 2 4 4 6 8 4 1 3 9 8 -1 21
15 Independiente 16 6 3 7 18 21 8 3 1 4 12 12 8 3 2 3 6 9 -3 21
16 Banfield 16 5 5 6 13 13 8 2 2 4 7 9 8 3 3 2 6 4 0 20
17 Unión Santa Fe 16 5 5 6 15 20 7 3 2 2 7 6 9 2 3 4 8 14 -5 20
18 Central Cordoba SdE 16 4 6 6 17 19 8 3 3 2 7 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -2 18
19 Colón 16 5 1 10 16 26 9 5 1 3 11 11 7 0 0 7 5 15 -10 16
20 Huracán 16 3 6 7 8 16 8 2 3 3 5 8 8 1 3 4 3 8 -8 15
21 Gimnasia La Plata 16 4 2 10 18 19 8 1 0 7 3 10 8 3 2 3 15 9 -1 14
22 Patronato 16 3 4 9 11 23 8 2 2 4 6 11 8 1 2 5 5 12 -12 13
23 Aldosivi 16 3 3 10 13 25 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 1 0 7 6 17 -12 12
24 Godoy Cruz 16 3 0 13 16 36 8 2 0 6 8 19 8 1 0 7 8 17 -20 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.