Possible nail-biting contest in Racing Club - Estudiantes game

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 23:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

Top-ranking Estudiantes come to Racing Club after their 1-1-result versus Platense. Get out our comprehensive preview!

Insights:
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Superliga
  • Estudiantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

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Racing Club form and stats

Overall Superliga stats playing at home this season for Racing Club, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Superliga, are 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Racing Club faced defeat in their previous match, away at Argentinos Juniors (0-2). Defender Leonardo Sigali got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Sigali hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

Before that, Racing played out a Copa Argentina draw 3-3 when visiting Godoy Cruz (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties).

This is expected to be a close game, with Racing Club perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Racing as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Racing Club has won two of these, drawn six and lost three.

Racing Club have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. As for guarding their own goal, Racing Club have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Estudiantes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Estudiantes are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Estudiantes's last game was the home draw against Platense (1-1). Gustavo del Prete got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Prete scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Patronato with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Estudiantes in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Estudiantes, three draws and four defeats.

Estudiantes are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. As opposed to that, Estudiantes have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Racing Club and Estudiantes have faced off before this season: Estudiantes - Racing Club 0-0. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Racing victories, three draws and one Estudiantes win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Racing ClubT. Chancalay
T. Chancalay
8 goals
EstudiantesL. Castro Cáceres
L. Castro Cáceres
6 goals
EstudiantesJ. Apaolaza
J. Apaolaza
5 goals

Racing Club missing players

Estudiantes missing players

Racing Club Estudiantes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 13 27
10 7 1 Won W 1 7 13
11 5 1 Drew D 0 3 8
8 2 2 Lost L 2 3 6
24 15 4 Scored S 3 23 37
21 9 6 Conceded C 6 14 22
69% 71% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
48% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 92% 74%
24% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 30%
7% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 15%
3% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 7%
21% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 33%
62% 71% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 48%
48% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 15% 30%
 
5.1 5.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.2 4.4
4.8 4.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.6 4.5
2.1 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 2.2 2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.7 9.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.5 10.1
2.9 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.6 4.5
29% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 38% 31%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Estudiantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Estudiantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (10) at home 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 Talleres Cordoba 13 9 2 2 22 10 6 5 1 0 12 2 7 4 1 2 10 8 12 29
2 River Plate 13 8 3 2 26 10 7 4 2 1 12 4 6 4 1 1 14 6 16 27
3 Estudiantes 13 7 3 3 21 12 6 3 2 1 9 3 7 4 1 2 12 9 9 24
4 Lanus 13 7 2 4 22 19 7 3 2 2 12 10 6 4 0 2 10 9 3 23
5 Independiente 13 6 4 3 13 10 7 3 2 2 7 5 6 3 2 1 6 5 3 22
6 Boca Juniors 13 5 6 2 11 8 6 2 3 1 3 3 7 3 3 1 8 5 3 21
7 Velez Sarsfield 13 5 5 3 17 8 7 4 2 1 15 4 6 1 3 2 2 4 9 20
8 Godoy Cruz 13 6 2 5 23 18 7 3 2 2 12 8 6 3 0 3 11 10 5 20
9 Colon 13 5 4 4 10 15 6 3 2 1 6 6 7 2 2 3 4 9 -5 19
10 Racing Club 13 4 6 3 10 6 6 2 3 1 4 2 7 2 3 2 6 4 4 18
11 Argentinos Juniors 13 4 6 3 11 8 6 3 2 1 8 4 7 1 4 2 3 4 3 18
12 Gimnasia La Plata 13 4 5 4 11 14 7 3 4 0 6 3 6 1 1 4 5 11 -3 17
13 Huracán 13 3 7 3 9 8 7 2 3 2 6 5 6 1 4 1 3 3 1 16
14 Rosario Central 13 5 1 7 18 18 6 3 0 3 9 6 7 2 1 4 9 12 0 16
15 San Lorenzo 13 4 4 5 12 15 6 3 2 1 8 4 7 1 2 4 4 11 -3 16
16 Defensa y Justicia 13 3 6 4 13 12 6 3 2 1 11 7 7 0 4 3 2 5 1 15
17 Newell's Old Boys 13 4 3 6 14 19 7 3 1 3 11 12 6 1 2 3 3 7 -5 15
18 Union Santa Fe 13 4 3 6 12 17 7 3 1 3 9 6 6 1 2 3 3 11 -5 15
19 Atletico Tucuman 13 4 3 6 12 18 6 2 3 1 6 4 7 2 0 5 6 14 -6 15
20 Patronato 13 3 5 5 10 14 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 1 2 4 5 11 -4 14
21 Banfield 13 2 7 4 10 13 6 1 2 3 6 8 7 1 5 1 4 5 -3 13
22 Sarmiento 13 3 4 6 11 16 7 3 1 3 6 6 6 0 3 3 5 10 -5 13
23 Aldosivi 13 4 1 8 15 24 7 2 0 5 8 14 6 2 1 3 7 10 -9 13
24 Platense 13 2 6 5 15 18 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 1 3 3 10 11 -3 12
25 Central Cordoba SdE 13 2 5 6 13 18 7 2 2 3 11 13 6 0 3 3 2 5 -5 11
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 13 2 5 6 6 19 7 2 4 1 5 6 6 0 1 5 1 13 -13 11

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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.