The Superliga overall standings tell a tale about these participants to this date, with Racing Club ahead of Independiente by 3 points. Here's our preview:
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (12) in Superliga
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Independiente have scored away.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
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!
Racing Club form and stats
Perfect Superliga season at home so far for Racing Club 3 wins from 3 appearances. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón.
The Racing coach Gago and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sarmiento (placed 13th). The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Copetti, having scored in three matches in a row. Copetti, who plays in attack, was the best player for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 8.04 (out of 10). Copetti scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match, Racing Club won a home game hosting Aldosivi (5-0).Racing Club has scored 9 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Independiente form and stats
The Superliga season is young and Independiente have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Independiente's previous game was their home loss versus Platense (1-3). The attacker Benegas got a match rating of 7.3 in that game. Benegas served one assist and hit one key pass.
A 1-3 defeat away at Patronato before that.It's early days yet, but Independiente has scored 3 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games). Independiente has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Independiente - Racing 1-2 was the story when this pair of contenders previously played each other, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Racing Club victories, one draw and four Independiente wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  E. Copetti 11 goals |  L. Benegas 6 goals | C. Alcaraz 4 goals |
Racing Club missing players
Independiente missing players
| Racing Club | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 41 | 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 28 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 73% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 75% |
| 45% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 36% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 25% |
| 18% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 5% |
| 41% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 65% |
| 55% | 82% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 15% |
| 5.7 | 6.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.5 | 15.7 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.8 | 11.4 |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 32% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 9.5 | 7.5 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.2 | 10 |
| 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4 |
- Independiente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Racing Club have not yet lost a game at home.
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Independiente have scored away.
- Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Superliga
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (12) in Superliga
- Racing Club have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Superliga
- Racing Club have the most scored goals (9) at home in Superliga
- Racing Club have the the best goal difference (+9) at home 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 | Gimnasia La Plata | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Newell's Old Boys | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Platense | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Banfield | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Huracan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Racing Club | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Godoy Cruz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Atletico Tucuman | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Union Santa Fe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | River Plate | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | Sarmiento | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Patronato | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Central Cordoba SdE | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Estudiantes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Independiente | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 20 | Tigre | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 21 | Barracas Central | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 22 | Colon | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 23 | Talleres Cordoba | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 24 | Velez Sarsfield | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 25 | Lanus | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 26 | Defensa y Justicia | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 27 | Rosario Central | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
