Home advantage could prove decisive in Racing Club - Platense battle

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Fri 15.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

Superliga: Top level vs below average, at least according to the league table. Racing Club - Platense. Home victory or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Superliga
  • Platense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an exciting game with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Racing Club form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Racing Club, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Superliga, at their home stadium (Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Happy days for Racing in their previous game, a Superliga match away at Patronato (placed 22nd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Gastón Gómez loved the game against Patronato. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory. The goalie Gastón Gómez was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.1 out of ten. Gómez saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with six saves.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Estudiantes that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Racing 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 one win, three draws and zero defeats.

Racing are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Union Santa Fe awaits in four days.

Racing have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Defensively Racing have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Platense form and stats

2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Platense in their Superliga matches away.

It's the second away game in a row for Platense, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Union Santa Fe (placed 15th) in the Superliga last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager C. Spontón when Kevin Lomonaco scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute. Luciano Recalde was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Recalde won 7 of 11 duels.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Patronato.

We have checked recent matches where Platense have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were six victories, two draws and two defeats.

A new game in only four days for Platense, the Superliga home match versus Rosario Central. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Platense's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. In the opposite end, Platense have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Platense - Racing 0-2 was the score in these squads' last H2H match, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Racing ClubT. Chancalay
T. Chancalay
8 goals
RacingE. Copetti
E. Copetti
4 goals
PlatenseF. Curuchet
F. Curuchet
4 goals

Racing Club missing players

Platense missing players

Racing Club Platense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 3 14 28
11 7 1 Won W 0 5 7
12 6 4 Drew D 1 4 9
8 2 0 Lost L 2 5 12
27 16 4 Scored S 2 16 29
23 10 2 Conceded C 5 17 38
71% 73% 40% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
52% 47% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 64%
26% 27% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 39%
6% 13% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 11%
26% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 54%
58% 67% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 21%
45% 27% 60% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 36%
 
5 5.7 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.9 4.6
5 4.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.7 5.4
2.1 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
9.5 9.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 8.3 9
2.9 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3 3.2
30% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 32%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Platense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Racing Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Racing Club have the fewest conceded goals (8) 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 River Plate 15 10 3 2 29 11 8 5 2 1 14 5 7 5 1 1 15 6 18 33
2 Talleres Cordoba 14 9 2 3 22 13 6 5 1 0 12 2 8 4 1 3 10 11 9 29
3 Estudiantes 15 7 5 3 24 15 7 3 3 1 11 5 8 4 2 2 13 10 9 26
4 Lanus 15 8 2 5 26 24 8 4 2 2 14 11 7 4 0 3 12 13 2 26
5 Velez Sarsfield 15 6 6 3 22 12 8 4 3 1 18 7 7 2 3 2 4 5 10 24
6 Boca Juniors 15 6 6 3 16 12 7 3 3 1 7 5 8 3 3 2 9 7 4 24
7 Independiente 14 6 5 3 16 13 7 3 2 2 7 5 7 3 3 1 9 8 3 23
8 Racing Club 15 5 7 3 13 8 7 2 4 1 5 3 8 3 3 2 8 5 5 22
9 Huracan 15 5 7 3 12 9 8 3 3 2 7 5 7 2 4 1 5 4 3 22
10 Defensa y Justicia 15 5 6 4 18 12 7 4 2 1 14 7 8 1 4 3 4 5 6 21
11 Godoy Cruz 14 6 3 5 25 20 8 3 3 2 14 10 6 3 0 3 11 10 5 21
12 Argentinos Juniors 15 5 6 4 12 10 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 2 4 2 4 4 2 21
13 Colon 14 5 5 4 10 15 7 3 3 1 6 6 7 2 2 3 4 9 -5 20
14 Sarmiento 15 5 4 6 15 16 8 4 1 3 9 6 7 1 3 3 6 10 -1 19
15 Union Santa Fe 15 5 3 7 15 20 8 3 1 4 10 8 7 2 2 3 5 12 -5 18
16 Rosario Central 15 5 2 8 20 21 7 3 0 4 9 7 8 2 2 4 11 14 -1 17
17 San Lorenzo 14 4 5 5 12 15 6 3 2 1 8 4 8 1 3 4 4 11 -3 17
18 Gimnasia La Plata 14 4 5 5 11 15 8 3 4 1 6 4 6 1 1 4 5 11 -4 17
19 Platense 15 3 7 5 17 19 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 2 3 3 12 12 -2 16
20 Newell's Old Boys 15 4 4 7 17 23 8 3 1 4 12 14 7 1 3 3 5 9 -6 16
21 Atletico Tucuman 14 4 4 6 12 18 7 2 4 1 6 4 7 2 0 5 6 14 -6 16
22 Patronato 15 3 6 6 11 16 7 2 3 2 6 5 8 1 3 4 5 11 -5 15
23 Banfield 15 2 8 5 10 14 7 1 2 4 6 9 8 1 6 1 4 5 -4 14
24 Aldosivi 15 4 1 10 16 29 8 2 0 6 9 16 7 2 1 4 7 13 -13 13
25 Central Cordoba SdE 15 2 5 8 15 22 8 2 2 4 12 15 7 0 3 4 3 7 -7 11
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 14 2 5 7 6 20 7 2 4 1 5 6 7 0 1 6 1 14 -14 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.