Superliga preview: Can Racing Club edge out victory against San Lorenzo?

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

The bragging rights belong to Racing Club so far this season, with their 4th place in the Superliga table and welcoming San Lorenzo (who are in 11th).

Insights:
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (17) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as San Lorenzo have scored away.

Racing Club have less rest than San Lorenzo in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Banfield.

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Racing Club form and stats

Racing Club have performed here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón this season with 4 wins from 7 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Racing, as their goalkeeper Gabriel Arias Arroyo has completely shut out the opponents for 272 minutes in the Superliga.

Happy days for Racing Club in their previous game, a fixture away at Banfield (placed 21st) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Finally, a league win after three fixtures without. Arias loved the game against Banfield. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. Goalkeeper Arias got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.65 out of ten. Arias topped it up with a clean sheet.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Boca Juniors.

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 Club have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Racing have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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San Lorenzo form and stats

Playing away, San Lorenzo have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Superliga this season.

San Lorenzo go into this game after a win, the home game against Platense that ended 2-0. The attacker Cerutti got a match rating of 7.94 in that game. Cerutti scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

A 2-3 defeat away at Patronato before that.

San Lorenzo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored in 16 of this club's last 21 league matches.

Lorenzo have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Racing Club have put together a streak of 7 consecutive matches without losing (4-3-0) when facing San Lorenzo.

San Lorenzo - Racing Club 1-1 was the story when these two sides formerly met, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

RacingE. Copetti
E. Copetti
14 goals
San LorenzoA. Bareiro Gamarra
A. Bareiro Gamarra
8 goals
Racing ClubC. Alcaraz
C. Alcaraz
5 goals

Racing Club missing players

San Lorenzo missing players

Racing Club San Lorenzo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 13 28
15 9 1 Won W 1 5 7
13 6 4 Drew D 1 4 14
2 0 0 Lost L 2 4 7
51 29 5 Scored S 4 14 34
21 6 4 Conceded C 5 12 32
80% 80% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 86%
67% 60% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 71%
40% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 39%
33% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 18%
17% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 11%
40% 27% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 64%
57% 73% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 29%
23% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 21%
 
5.6 6.3 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.7
4.7 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.4 5.1
2.6 2.9 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.5 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.8 16.1 17.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.5 11.1
5.3 6.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 4.1
32% 32% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 29% 30%
 
10.2 9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.5 11.8
3.8 3 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.2 4.4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • 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 San Lorenzo have scored away.
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most clean sheets (17) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Superliga
  • Racing Club have the the best goal difference (+10) in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo 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 14 8 5 1 14 6 7 5 2 0 10 3 7 3 3 1 4 3 8 29
2 Gimnasia La Plata 14 8 4 2 16 7 6 5 1 0 9 1 8 3 3 2 7 6 9 28
3 Argentinos Juniors 14 8 2 4 18 12 8 6 1 1 12 5 6 2 1 3 6 7 6 26
4 Racing Club 14 6 6 2 21 11 7 4 3 0 14 4 7 2 3 2 7 7 10 24
5 Huracan 14 6 6 2 17 11 6 3 2 1 9 4 8 3 4 1 8 7 6 24
6 Godoy Cruz 14 7 3 4 17 12 6 5 1 0 10 3 8 2 2 4 7 9 5 24
7 River Plate 14 6 4 4 21 13 6 3 1 2 8 6 8 3 3 2 13 7 8 22
8 Patronato 14 6 4 4 22 18 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 1 3 3 10 13 4 22
9 Platense 14 5 6 3 15 13 7 3 4 0 9 4 7 2 2 3 6 9 2 21
10 Unión Santa Fe 13 6 3 4 20 21 7 3 1 3 9 11 6 3 2 1 11 10 -1 21
11 San Lorenzo 14 4 8 2 19 15 8 2 6 0 12 9 6 2 2 2 7 6 4 20
12 Newell's Old Boys 14 5 5 4 13 13 7 2 4 1 6 4 7 3 1 3 7 9 0 20
13 Boca Juniors 14 6 2 6 18 20 8 5 1 2 14 11 6 1 1 4 4 9 -2 20
14 Tigre 14 4 6 4 20 18 7 3 3 1 10 5 7 1 3 3 10 13 2 18
15 Arsenal de Sarandi 14 3 9 2 15 15 7 2 4 1 7 7 7 1 5 1 8 8 0 18
16 Rosario Central 14 5 3 6 11 14 7 4 1 2 6 5 7 1 2 4 5 9 -3 18
17 Central Cordoba SdE 14 5 2 7 17 18 7 3 0 4 8 10 7 2 2 3 9 8 -1 17
18 Barracas Central 14 4 5 5 17 20 8 3 2 3 11 12 6 1 3 2 6 8 -3 17
19 Sarmiento 14 5 2 7 15 19 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 1 1 5 4 11 -4 17
20 Estudiantes 14 4 4 6 14 17 7 3 3 1 9 7 7 1 1 5 5 10 -3 16
21 Banfield 14 3 6 5 13 15 8 1 4 3 8 11 6 2 2 2 5 4 -2 15
22 Defensa y Justicia 14 3 6 5 12 16 7 2 5 0 7 5 7 1 1 5 5 11 -4 15
23 Colon 14 3 6 5 11 16 7 2 3 2 7 9 7 1 3 3 4 7 -5 15
24 Talleres Cordoba 13 3 4 6 11 14 7 3 1 3 8 8 6 0 3 3 3 6 -3 13
25 Independiente 14 3 4 7 13 17 7 2 2 3 5 7 7 1 2 4 8 10 -4 13
26 Aldosivi 14 3 2 9 10 23 7 2 1 4 5 9 7 1 1 5 5 14 -13 11
27 Velez Sarsfield 14 1 7 6 15 20 6 1 3 2 6 6 8 0 4 4 9 14 -5 10
28 Lanus 14 1 4 9 11 22 6 1 3 2 7 8 8 0 1 7 4 14 -11 7

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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.