Racing Club favourites for feisty fight facing Banfield

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

It's looking good for Racing Club at this point, with their 1st position in the Superliga table and welcoming Banfield (who are in 8th).

Insights:
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Superliga
  • Banfield have the most clean sheets (3) away in Superliga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Racing Club form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón as Racing Club have scored 9 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The club members hope that Racing Club will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Copa Sudamericana fixture against Melgar.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Newell's Old Boys that ended 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Racing have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost one.

The manager Gago will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cuiaba in only three days.

Racing Club have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón with 9 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Racing have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Banfield form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Banfield have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.

Two away matches in a row for Banfield, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs Universidad Catolica in the Copa Sudamericana.

Before that, Banfield secured a home win against Talleres Córdoba with the score 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Banfield have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, two draws and one defeat.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Racing victory, four draws and two Banfield wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Racing ClubE. Copetti
E. Copetti
6 goals
BanfieldG. Galoppo
G. Galoppo
5 goals
Racing ClubM. Correa
M. Correa
4 goals

Racing Club missing players

Banfield missing players

Racing Club Banfield
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 6 12
8 4 2 Won W 0 3 5
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 5
23 9 5 Scored S 0 6 16
8 1 1 Conceded C 1 5 13
83% 67% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
58% 33% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 58%
58% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
42% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 33%
17% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
42% 17% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 42%
58% 83% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 42%
17% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 25%
 
6.1 7.3 9 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4.4
5.1 2.7 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.3 5.5
2.5 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4.3 3.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.6 17.2 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 10 10.5
5.8 6.7 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 3.7
33% 22% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 36%
 
9.4 6.2 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10.3 9.5
4.2 3.3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Banfield have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Banfield have the most clean sheets (3) away in Superliga
  • Banfield have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Banfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (7) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the the best goal difference (+15) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Racing Club have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Racing Club is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Racing Club 12 8 4 0 23 8 6 4 2 0 9 1 6 4 2 0 14 7 15 28
2 River Plate 12 7 2 3 22 11 6 3 2 1 15 7 6 4 0 2 7 4 11 23
3 Newell's Old Boys 13 7 2 4 16 12 7 5 0 2 11 5 6 2 2 2 5 7 4 23
4 Argentinos Juniors 12 6 3 3 18 14 6 3 2 1 7 3 6 3 1 2 11 11 4 21
5 Sarmiento 12 6 3 3 17 16 6 4 2 0 11 7 6 2 1 3 6 9 1 21
6 Defensa y Justicia 12 5 4 3 23 18 6 1 4 1 9 9 6 4 0 2 14 9 5 19
7 Gimnasia La Plata 12 5 3 4 15 19 6 3 2 1 8 7 6 2 1 3 7 12 -4 18
8 Banfield 12 5 2 5 16 13 6 2 1 3 10 8 6 3 1 2 6 5 3 17
9 Union Santa Fe 12 5 2 5 9 9 6 5 0 1 7 3 6 0 2 4 2 6 0 17
10 San Lorenzo 13 3 5 5 14 16 6 0 3 3 7 10 7 3 2 2 7 6 -2 14
11 Patronato 12 3 1 8 10 18 6 1 1 4 4 7 6 2 0 4 6 11 -8 10
12 Platense 12 2 3 7 10 20 6 2 0 4 4 7 6 0 3 3 6 13 -10 9
13 Talleres Córdoba 12 2 2 8 8 18 6 2 1 3 5 9 6 0 1 5 3 9 -10 8
14 Atlético Tucumán 12 1 4 7 9 22 6 1 1 4 6 13 6 0 3 3 3 9 -13 7

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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.