Football betting preview: Racing Club vs Newell's Old Boys

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Racing Club and Newell's Old Boys in this fresh Superliga season. Read our match preview!

Insights:
  • Racing Club has the most scored goals (10) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Superliga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Racing Club form and stats

Racing Club, who have the most scored goals (10) in Superliga, have played 1 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón.

Racing travelled for their previous game, a trip to Central Cordoba SdE that ended 2-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Godoy Cruz in a game that was won 6-1.

Racing's goalie Gabriel Arias played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Central Cordoba SdE with a stunning seven saves.

Racing Club has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Newell's Old Boys form and stats

Playing away, Newell's Old Boys, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Superliga, have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Superliga this season.

Newell's Old Boys failed to get anything from their last game, a Superliga home match vs Vélez Sarsfield (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that, Newell's secured a home win against Central Cordoba SdE with the score 3-1.

Newell's Old Boys have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Racing won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Newell's Old Boys has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two

Top Goalscorers

RacingL. Melgarejo Sanabria
L. Melgarejo Sanabria
4 goals
Newell's Old BoysS. Palacios
S. Palacios
4 goals
Racing ClubM. Rojas Romero
M. Rojas Romero
3 goals

Racing Club missing players

Newell's Old Boys missing players

Racing Club Newell's Old Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 0 Played P 0 4 10
2 2 0 Won W 0 2 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
12 8 0 Scored S 0 8 16
17 7 0 Conceded C 0 7 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 50%
30% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 10%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
10% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 20%
40% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
10.6 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.2 9.5
3.9 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.7
31% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 34%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of Newell's Old Boys's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Newell's Old Boys has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys has the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys has the the best goal difference (+5) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newell's Old Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newell's Old Boys is in the best form (4-0-2)
  • Racing Club has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Superliga
  • Racing Club has the most scored goals (10) in Superliga
  • Racing Club has the most scored goals (6) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club has the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Racing Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newell's Old Boys 4 3 0 1 7 2 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 9
2 Vélez Sarsfield 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 9
3 Racing Club 4 1 2 1 10 6 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 5
4 Estudiantes 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 4
5 Central Cordoba SdE 4 0 2 2 4 8 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 2
6 Godoy Cruz 3 0 1 2 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 7 -8 1

Read more about Superliga

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.