Game week two of the Superliga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Racing Club - Gimnasia La Plata preview:
- Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gimnasia La Plata have yet to win a game away.
The hosts Racing saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Libertadores. This match was also played here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Gimnasia La Plata have had more rest.
Racing Club form and stats
Last season, Racing Club's league statistics were 9 wins, 12 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Superliga. Over these 23 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Racing Club managed 5-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 11 conceded.
T. Chancalay was the last player to score a league goal for Racing and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Racing Club haven't scored in 404 minutes.
Racing's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Sao Paulo. Fabricio Domínguez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.24/10. Domínguez hit four key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
A 0-0 draw away in the Superliga before that, with Velez Sarsfield the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Racing Club handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and one defeat.
There will be little rest for Racing after this match as they are travelling to Aldosivi for a Superliga game in only three days.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
Let's have a look at how Gimnasia La Plata performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 6/17 goals scored/conceded. Visiting Gimnasia has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Gimnasia La Plata's last game was the home draw against Platense (2-2). Defender Matías Melluso was the best team player with a rating of 7.63. Melluso hit one key pass and won 9 of 14 duels. The match against Platense looked like a defeat for Gimnasia, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Guillermo Fratta equalized in the 88th minute.
Preceding that, the 0-5 home loss versus Velez Sarsfield.We have checked recent matches where Gimnasia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were two victories, three draws and eight defeats.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Racing Club victories, zero draws and two Gimnasia La Plata wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Chancalay 5 goals |  E. Copetti 3 goals |  L. Licht 3 goals |
Racing Club missing players
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
| Racing Club | Gimnasia La Plata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 15 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 71% | 86% |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 79% |
| 29% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 24% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 59% | 62% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| 47% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 29% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.9 | 10.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 9.6 | 9.9 |
| 2.9 | 4.1 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 29% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 33% |
- Gimnasia La Plata have yet to win a game away.
- Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gimnasia La Plata have scored 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 | Estudiantes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Lanus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Patronato | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Colon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Huracan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Gimnasia La Plata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Platense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Banfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Boca Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Central Cordoba SdE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Union Santa Fe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Argentinos Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Independiente | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Racing Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Velez Sarsfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Talleres Cordoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | River Plate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Rosario Central | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Atletico Tucuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 25 | Aldosivi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 26 | Sarmiento | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |