Superliga fixture prognosis and match guide for the Racing Club vs Defensa y Justicia clash

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Fri 29.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

Superliga: Two teams in fairly good shape get together for this match. Defensa y Justicia hold a tiny upper hand with their 6th place in the league table?

Insights:
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (18) in Superliga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Racing Club form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Racing Club at their home stadium (Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Racing will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Superliga game against Rosario Central (placed 13th). Juan Cáceres, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Cáceres hit four key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Union Santa Fe that finished 1-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Racing here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). As for guarding their own goal, Racing have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Defensa y Justicia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Defensa y Justicia so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-3 (win-draw-lose).

Justicia won their last game, 2-1 versus Platense played at home. Raúl Loaiza came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Platense last time out, making the manager S. Beccacece feel like a tactical genius. Attacker Miguel Merentiel got a player rating of 7.74 in the game. "Man of the match" Merentiel scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Defensa y Justicia travelled to Patronato and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Justicia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last five meetings involving these sides: Racing won zero, Defensa y Justicia were winners in one and we saw four draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RacingT. Chancalay
T. Chancalay
8 goals
Defensa y JusticiaW. Bou
W. Bou
8 goals
Racing ClubE. Copetti
E. Copetti
6 goals

Racing Club missing players

Defensa y Justicia missing players

Racing Club Defensa y Justicia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 16 4 Played P 5 15 31
11 7 1 Won W 1 1 10
13 6 2 Drew D 2 6 10
10 3 1 Lost L 2 8 11
29 16 4 Scored S 4 11 40
27 11 4 Conceded C 4 22 38
74% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 73% 84%
53% 44% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 60% 68%
26% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 47% 52%
6% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 26%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 16%
29% 31% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 52%
53% 62% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 32%
44% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 32%
 
5.3 6.1 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 3.9 4.3
5.3 4.7 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.5 4.5
2 2.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 2.7 2.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.8 9.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 8.5 9.3
3.4 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.1 3.7
25% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 23% 35%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (18) 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 River Plate 17 12 3 2 34 12 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 6 1 1 17 6 22 39
2 Talleres Cordoba 17 10 2 5 24 16 8 6 1 1 14 4 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 32
3 Boca Juniors 17 8 6 3 21 13 8 4 3 1 9 6 9 4 3 2 12 7 8 30
4 Lanus 17 9 3 5 30 26 9 4 3 2 15 12 8 5 0 3 15 14 4 30
5 Velez Sarsfield 17 7 7 3 24 13 9 4 4 1 18 7 8 3 3 2 6 6 11 28
6 Defensa y Justicia 18 7 7 4 25 17 9 6 2 1 18 9 9 1 5 3 7 8 8 28
7 Estudiantes 17 7 6 4 26 18 8 3 4 1 12 6 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 27
8 Colon 17 7 5 5 14 19 8 4 3 1 7 6 9 3 2 4 7 13 -5 26
9 Huracan 17 6 7 4 16 13 9 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 4 1 9 5 3 25
10 Independiente 17 6 7 4 18 16 9 3 4 2 9 7 8 3 3 2 9 9 2 25
11 Gimnasia La Plata 18 6 7 5 16 18 10 4 5 1 9 6 8 2 2 4 7 12 -2 25
12 Argentinos Juniors 17 6 6 5 18 15 8 4 2 2 11 7 9 2 4 3 7 8 3 24
13 Rosario Central 18 7 3 8 26 25 9 5 0 4 14 10 9 2 3 4 12 15 1 24
14 Godoy Cruz 17 6 5 6 26 22 9 3 4 2 14 10 8 3 1 4 12 12 4 23
15 Racing Club 18 5 8 5 15 12 8 2 4 2 5 4 10 3 4 3 10 8 3 23
16 Union Santa Fe 17 6 4 7 20 24 9 3 2 4 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 15 -4 22
17 Platense 18 4 8 6 20 22 8 1 5 2 6 8 10 3 3 4 14 14 -2 20
18 Sarmiento 17 5 5 7 19 21 9 4 1 4 12 10 8 1 4 3 7 11 -2 20
19 Atletico Tucuman 17 5 5 7 17 24 8 3 4 1 10 7 9 2 1 6 7 17 -7 20
20 Newell's Old Boys 17 4 5 8 17 24 9 3 2 4 12 14 8 1 3 4 5 10 -7 17
21 San Lorenzo 17 4 5 8 15 23 8 3 2 3 10 9 9 1 3 5 5 14 -8 17
22 Aldosivi 17 5 2 10 17 29 9 3 0 6 10 16 8 2 2 4 7 13 -12 17
23 Patronato 17 3 7 7 16 22 8 2 4 2 9 8 9 1 3 5 7 14 -6 16
24 Banfield 17 2 9 6 12 19 8 1 2 5 7 13 9 1 7 1 5 6 -7 15
25 Central Cordoba SdE 18 2 7 9 18 26 9 2 2 5 13 17 9 0 5 4 5 9 -8 13
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 17 2 7 8 6 21 9 2 5 2 5 7 8 0 2 6 1 14 -15 13

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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.