Racing Club look to Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón supporters for inspiration before Newell's Old Boys match

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

This could be a great fixture, with Racing Club placed 1st and Newell's Old Boys placed 3rd. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Racing Club have the most scored goals (23) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Superliga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Racing Club form and stats

Racing Club have played 5 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Gimnasia La Plata game Racing has been unbeatable here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón producing four straight wins.

Racing Club are returning here after visiting Patronato and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Correa (2) and Rojas scored the goal(s). Defender Domínguez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.13/10. Domínguez signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match, Racing Club won a home game hosting Union Santa Fe (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Racing have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost one.

There will be little rest for Racing Club after this match as they are travelling to Melgar for a Copa Sudamericana game in only three days.

Racing Club have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively Racing Club have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Newell's Old Boys form and stats

Playing away, Newell's Old Boys have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Superliga this season.

210 minutes! That's how long the Newell's goalkeeper Ivan Mauricio Arboleda and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Newell's Old Boys won their last game, 1-0 versus Banfield played at home. González, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.01. González hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Newell's Old Boys secured a home win against Patronato with the score 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Newell's have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were five victories, five draws and nine defeats.

Newell's Old Boys have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last seven meetings with these contenders: Racing Club won four, Newell's Old Boys were winners in one and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Racing ClubE. Copetti
E. Copetti
6 goals
Racing ClubM. Correa
M. Correa
4 goals
Racing ClubG. Hauche
G. Hauche
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 top Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 0 5 11
8 4 0 Won W 0 2 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
23 9 0 Scored S 0 5 15
8 1 0 Conceded C 0 7 10
91% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
64% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 55%
64% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 45%
45% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 27%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 27%
55% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 45%
9% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 27%
 
6.1 7.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.6 4.2
5.2 2.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.8 3.7
2.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.8 3.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 16.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.6 10.8
6 7.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.2
35% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
9.6 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.4 10.7
4 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.4 4.2
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Newell's Old Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newell's Old Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
  • Newell's Old Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Racing Club have not yet lost a game.
  • Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most scored goals (23) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the the best goal difference (+15) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Racing Club have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Racing Club is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 Racing Club 11 8 3 0 23 8 5 4 1 0 9 1 6 4 2 0 14 7 15 27
2 River Plate 11 7 1 3 21 10 5 3 1 1 14 6 6 4 0 2 7 4 11 22
3 Newell's Old Boys 11 7 1 3 15 10 6 5 0 1 10 3 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 22
4 Defensa y Justicia 10 5 3 2 21 15 5 1 3 1 8 8 5 4 0 1 13 7 6 18
5 Argentinos Juniors 10 5 2 3 14 12 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 2 1 2 7 9 2 17
6 Union Santa Fe 11 5 2 4 9 8 6 5 0 1 7 3 5 0 2 3 2 5 1 17
7 Sarmiento 10 5 2 3 15 15 5 3 2 0 9 6 5 2 0 3 6 9 0 17
8 Gimnasia La Plata 11 4 3 4 14 19 5 2 2 1 7 7 6 2 1 3 7 12 -5 15
9 Banfield 11 4 2 5 13 12 5 1 1 3 7 7 6 3 1 2 6 5 1 14
10 San Lorenzo 11 2 5 4 11 13 5 0 3 2 6 8 6 2 2 2 5 5 -2 11
11 Talleres Córdoba 11 2 2 7 7 15 6 2 1 3 5 9 5 0 1 4 2 6 -8 8
12 Platense 11 2 2 7 9 19 6 2 0 4 4 7 5 0 2 3 5 12 -10 8
13 Patronato 11 2 1 8 8 17 6 1 1 4 4 7 5 1 0 4 4 10 -9 7
14 Atletico Tucuman 10 1 3 6 6 17 5 1 1 3 4 9 5 0 2 3 2 8 -11 6

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.