Racing Club supporters put their faith in manager Gago to deliver victory against Rosario Central

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

Racing Club - Rosario Central. 3rd place versus 22nd place. Nothing is certain - get a complete match preview here!

Insights:
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (20) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rosario Central have scored away.

Racing Club and Rosario Central should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Racing Club form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón as Racing Club have scored 19 goals to get 24 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 7-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Racing Club are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Racing supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Unión Santa Fe and win 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Gago when Carbonero scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.

Before that match, a win away at Platense.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Racing Club matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have contained zero, one or two goals.

There will be little rest for Racing Club after this match as they are travelling to Defensa y Justicia for a Superliga game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Racing in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Racing Club have conceded only 7 goals.

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Rosario Central form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rosario Central so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose). The last three matches for Rosario have all ended in a draw.

Rosario Central's last game was the home draw against Platense (1-1). Midfield player Buonanotte was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.34/10. Buonanotte scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Patronato.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Unión Santa Fe in just four days.

The attacking power of Rosario Central when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Rosario in these games.

Head 2 Head

Racing Club-Rosario Central H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Racing Club four wins, Rosario Central four wins, one draw. two of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Racing ClubE. Copetti
E. Copetti
16 goals
RacingC. Alcaraz
C. Alcaraz
6 goals
Racing ClubM. Correa
M. Correa
6 goals

Racing Club missing players

Rosario Central missing players

Racing Club Rosario Central
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 19 8 Played P 6 17 35
19 12 6 Won W 0 2 10
14 6 2 Drew D 1 5 9
4 1 0 Lost L 5 10 16
58 34 18 Scored S 3 12 32
26 9 3 Conceded C 11 23 40
84% 84% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 82% 89%
62% 58% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 71% 60%
38% 37% 38% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 41% 40%
27% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 17%
14% 21% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 32% 38% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 43%
54% 68% 62% Clean Sheets C S 17% 29% 34%
22% 16% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 41% 34%
 
5.3 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.6 5.8
4.8 3.7 4.1 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 4.3
2.6 2.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 2.7
8 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.4 15.5 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 10.4 10.5
4.9 5.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4
32% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 19% 23%
 
10.8 10 9.9 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.3 9.3
3.7 3.2 2.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.9 3.3
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • 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 Rosario Central have scored away.
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (13) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (20) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most scored goals (19) at home in Superliga
  • Rosario Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rosario Central have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Tucuman 21 11 8 2 26 12 11 7 4 0 18 5 10 4 4 2 8 7 14 41
2 Boca Juniors 21 12 3 6 26 22 11 7 2 2 17 12 10 5 1 4 9 10 4 39
3 Racing Club 21 10 7 4 28 16 11 7 3 1 19 7 10 3 4 3 9 9 12 37
4 Huracán 21 9 10 2 26 15 10 6 3 1 16 6 11 3 7 1 10 9 11 37
5 Gimnasia La Plata 21 10 6 5 21 12 10 7 2 1 14 3 11 3 4 4 7 9 9 36
6 River Plate 21 9 5 7 29 18 10 5 1 4 14 9 11 4 4 3 15 9 11 32
7 Godoy Cruz 21 9 5 7 23 22 10 6 3 1 13 6 11 3 2 6 10 16 1 32
8 Tigre 21 7 9 5 29 24 10 4 5 1 14 7 11 3 4 4 15 17 5 30
9 Platense 21 7 9 5 19 16 11 4 6 1 10 5 10 3 3 4 9 11 3 30
10 Argentinos Juniors 20 9 3 8 22 20 11 7 1 3 15 10 9 2 2 5 7 10 2 30
11 Newell's Old Boys 21 8 5 8 19 19 10 3 4 3 9 7 11 5 1 5 10 12 0 29
12 Patronato 21 7 7 7 24 22 11 6 4 1 13 5 10 1 3 6 11 17 2 28
13 Sarmiento 21 8 4 9 22 24 10 5 2 3 14 10 11 3 2 6 8 14 -2 28
14 Defensa y Justicia 21 7 7 7 20 22 11 4 6 1 11 8 10 3 1 6 9 14 -2 28
15 San Lorenzo 21 5 12 4 23 21 11 2 8 1 14 12 10 3 4 3 9 9 2 27
16 Independiente 21 7 6 8 23 23 10 4 3 3 10 8 11 3 3 5 13 15 0 27
17 Estudiantes 21 7 6 8 20 23 11 6 3 2 13 9 10 1 3 6 7 14 -3 27
18 Barracas Central 21 7 6 8 24 29 11 6 2 3 17 13 10 1 4 5 7 16 -5 27
19 Unión Santa Fe 20 7 5 8 22 26 10 4 2 4 10 12 10 3 3 4 12 14 -4 26
20 Talleres Cordoba 20 6 7 7 17 17 10 5 2 3 12 9 10 1 5 4 5 8 0 25
21 Banfield 21 6 7 8 21 24 11 2 4 5 12 16 10 4 3 3 9 8 -3 25
22 Rosario Central 21 6 7 8 16 20 11 5 3 3 9 8 10 1 4 5 7 12 -4 25
23 Central Cordoba SdE 19 7 3 9 23 25 10 5 1 4 14 12 9 2 2 5 9 13 -2 24
24 Arsenal de Sarandi 21 4 11 6 21 24 10 3 6 1 13 10 11 1 5 5 8 14 -3 23
25 Colon 20 4 7 9 15 24 10 3 4 3 10 12 10 1 3 6 5 12 -9 19
26 Lanus 21 4 5 12 19 30 10 3 3 4 11 11 11 1 2 8 8 19 -11 17
27 Velez Sarsfield 20 2 10 8 20 27 9 2 4 3 8 8 11 0 6 5 12 19 -7 16
28 Aldosivi 20 3 4 13 12 33 9 2 1 6 7 13 11 1 3 7 5 20 -21 13

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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.