Racing Club vs Vélez Sarsfield betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Fri 17.June
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

Racing Club open their doors to Vélez Sarsfield for another exciting Superliga game here at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón.

Insights:
  • Racing Club have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Vélez Sarsfield have yet to win a game away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Racing Club and Vélez Sarsfield.

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Racing Club form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Racing Club have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.

Racing lost their last game at Godoy Cruz (placed 8th) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Erik lost again This is expected to be a close game, with Racing Club perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Racing Club as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Racing Club has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Racing Club are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Gimnasia La Plata awaits in four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Racing Club's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.

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Vélez Sarsfield form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Vélez Sarsfield playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.

Sarsfield have much to play for after their out-of-character defeat (0-1) to Platense in their previous game, played in front of their own supporters.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Vélez Sarsfield in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Vélez Sarsfield, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Sarsfield are hosting Rosario Central in the Superliga only four days away.

Vélez Sarsfield have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - three - one (Racing Club wins - draws - Vélez Sarsfield wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last eight duels.

Top Goalscorers

RacingE. Copetti
E. Copetti
8 goals
Vélez SarsfieldL. Janson
L. Janson
8 goals
Racing ClubM. Correa
M. Correa
6 goals

Racing Club missing players

Vélez Sarsfield missing players

Racing Club Vélez Sarsfield
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 6 14
10 6 2 Won W 0 0 3
7 3 1 Drew D 1 3 6
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 5
32 17 7 Scored S 1 1 11
12 2 1 Conceded C 4 5 12
83% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 71%
67% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 33% 50%
44% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 21%
33% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
17% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
39% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 17% 36%
56% 78% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
22% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 83% 57%
 
5.7 6.9 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.3 4.9
4.9 3.4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.7 4.6
2.8 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.9
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.3 17 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 11.3 11.4
5.6 7 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.7 4.3
32% 27% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 5% 18%
 
8.8 6.7 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 9.5 10.1
3.8 3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.3 3.3
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 more than double the goals of Vélez Sarsfield.
  • Racing Club have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vélez Sarsfield have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vélez Sarsfield have yet to win a game away.

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

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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.