Superliga preview: Can Racing Club edge out victory against Unión Santa Fe?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 25.September
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

Racing Club get ready for this following their 1-0 result vs Platense, a fixture that gave some clarity. Will they show it against Unión Santa Fe?

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

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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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 17 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Racing has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Racing Club goalkeeper Gabriel Arias Arroyo is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 240 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superliga.

It's back home for Racing, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Platense away with the result 1-0. Romero found the net in that victory. Defender Sigali got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Sigali won 5 of 6 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Patronato in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Racing Club handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 15 league games, 12 have seen two goals or less.

A decent goal production from Racing Club in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. Racing Club are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Nardoni was the last player to score for the away team. Unión haven't scored a league goal in the last 193 minutes.

The manager Vera was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio 15 de Abril. Unión Santa Fe suffered a 0-1 loss to Independiente (placed 20th). Nardoni got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Nardoni dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Platense wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Unión are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

Unión Santa Fe find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Unión in these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other previously this season: Racing Club - Unión Santa Fe 1-0. Previous nine meetings between these teams: Racing Club won four, Unión Santa Fe triumphed in three and we saw two draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Racing ClubE. Copetti
E. Copetti
15 goals
RacingC. Alcaraz
C. Alcaraz
6 goals
Racing ClubG. Hauche
G. Hauche
5 goals

Racing Club missing players

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Racing Club Unión Santa Fe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 16 33
18 11 1 Won W 1 3 12
14 6 3 Drew D 0 5 7
4 1 1 Lost L 4 8 14
56 32 6 Scored S 3 14 32
25 8 6 Conceded C 7 20 37
83% 83% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 85%
61% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 56% 55%
36% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 48%
28% 22% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 12%
14% 22% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
39% 28% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 45%
56% 72% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 33%
22% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 36%
 
5.3 6.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 5.7
4.7 3.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.5 4.4
2.6 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
8 3 3 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
13.4 15.7 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.4 10.9
4.9 5.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.8
31% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 25% 25%
 
10.6 9.6 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 12.9 11.5
3.7 3.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.6 4.5
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 Unión Santa Fe 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
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Santa Fe 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 20 10 8 2 23 11 10 6 4 0 15 4 10 4 4 2 8 7 12 38
2 Gimnasia La Plata 19 10 6 3 21 10 9 7 2 0 14 2 10 3 4 3 7 8 11 36
3 Boca Juniors 20 11 3 6 25 22 11 7 2 2 17 12 9 4 1 4 8 10 3 36
4 Racing Club 20 9 7 4 26 15 10 6 3 1 17 6 10 3 4 3 9 9 11 34
5 Huracán 20 8 10 2 23 14 9 5 3 1 13 5 11 3 7 1 10 9 9 34
6 River Plate 20 9 5 6 29 17 9 5 1 3 14 8 11 4 4 3 15 9 12 32
7 Godoy Cruz 20 9 5 6 23 21 9 6 3 0 13 5 11 3 2 6 10 16 2 32
8 Argentinos Juniors 20 9 3 8 22 20 11 7 1 3 15 10 9 2 2 5 7 10 2 30
9 Platense 20 7 8 5 18 15 11 4 6 1 10 5 9 3 2 4 8 10 3 29
10 Newell's Old Boys 20 8 5 7 19 18 10 3 4 3 9 7 10 5 1 4 10 11 1 29
11 Tigre 20 6 9 5 28 24 10 4 5 1 14 7 10 2 4 4 14 17 4 27
12 San Lorenzo 20 5 12 3 23 19 11 2 8 1 14 12 9 3 4 2 9 7 4 27
13 Patronato 19 7 6 6 23 20 10 6 3 1 13 5 9 1 3 5 10 15 3 27
14 Estudiantes 20 7 6 7 19 20 11 6 3 2 13 9 9 1 3 5 6 11 -1 27
15 Barracas Central 20 7 6 7 24 28 11 6 2 3 17 13 9 1 4 4 7 15 -4 27
16 Unión Santa Fe 19 7 5 7 21 24 10 4 2 4 10 12 9 3 3 3 11 12 -3 26
17 Banfield 20 6 7 7 20 21 11 2 4 5 12 16 9 4 3 2 8 5 -1 25
18 Defensa y Justicia 20 6 7 7 18 21 10 3 6 1 9 7 10 3 1 6 9 14 -3 25
19 Sarmiento 20 7 4 9 20 24 9 4 2 3 12 10 11 3 2 6 8 14 -4 25
20 Independiente 20 6 6 8 22 23 9 3 3 3 9 8 11 3 3 5 13 15 -1 24
21 Arsenal de Sarandi 20 4 11 5 21 22 10 3 6 1 13 10 10 1 5 4 8 12 -1 23
22 Rosario Central 19 6 5 8 15 19 10 5 2 3 8 7 9 1 3 5 7 12 -4 23
23 Talleres Cordoba 19 5 7 7 16 17 10 5 2 3 12 9 9 0 5 4 4 8 -1 22
24 Central Cordoba SdE 18 6 3 9 22 25 9 4 1 4 13 12 9 2 2 5 9 13 -3 21
25 Colon 20 4 7 9 15 24 10 3 4 3 10 12 10 1 3 6 5 12 -9 19
26 Lanus 20 3 5 12 17 30 9 2 3 4 9 11 11 1 2 8 8 19 -13 14
27 Velez Sarsfield 19 1 10 8 19 27 8 1 4 3 7 8 11 0 6 5 12 19 -8 13
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.