Crucial duel in the bottom part of the Superliga, with both Racing Club and Vélez Sarsfield undergoing more worry than glee. This match is a real "six-pointer" with the home side at 20th and the guests in 21st place.
- Racing Club have the most conceded goals (26) in Superliga
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vélez Sarsfield have scored away.
Vélez Sarsfield could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Superliga game only four sleeps ago.
Racing Club form and stats
Racing Club have played 8 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Racing Club hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Huracan, Racing Club, Independiente, Colon, Arsenal de Sarandi, Barracas Central, Atletico Tucuman, Banfield and Unión Santa Fe), they have won 1 of 2 matches! It's trouble wherever Racing are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Racing Club lost their last game at Platense (placed 16th) after a 0-3 scoreline. The forward Fértoli outperformed all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.04 out of 10. Fértoli hit two key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against Talleres Cordoba with the scoreline 2-4.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Racing Club handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 11 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Racing as they are travelling to their away game against Aucas in the Copa Libertadores. That match is four days after this one.
The Racing Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Racing Club defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
There's been little loot from Vélez Sarsfield's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Superliga. Vélez Sarsfield only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Vélez Sarsfield's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Prestianni was the last player to score for the away team. Sarsfield haven't scored a league goal in the last 279 minutes.
Vélez Sarsfield delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Rosario Central (placed 6th) in their previous fixture. Godín was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Godín hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
A 0-2 defeat away at Estudiantes before that.Sarsfield are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Vélez Sarsfield have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Racing Club-Vélez Sarsfield H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Racing Club five wins, Vélez Sarsfield one win, three draws. five of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last nine duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rojas Romero 6 goals |   L. Janson 4 goals |  M. Romero 3 goals |
Racing Club missing players
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
| Racing Club | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 69% |
| 75% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 56% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 44% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 15.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 8.9 | 9.9 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 26% | 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 31% |
| 11.4 | 10.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.9 |
| 4.1 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
- Racing Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vélez Sarsfield have scored away.
- Racing Club have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Superliga
- Racing Club have the most conceded goals (26) in Superliga
- Racing Club have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Superliga
- Racing Club have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Racing Club is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 37 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Talleres Cordoba | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Defensa y Justicia | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Estudiantes | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Belgrano | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Lanus | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 10 | Godoy Cruz | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Sarmiento | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | Boca Juniors | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 14 | Tigre | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 15 | Gimnasia La Plata | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 16 | Platense | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 17 | Instituto | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 19 | Barracas Central | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 20 | Racing Club | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 21 | Vélez Sarsfield | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 22 | Independiente | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
| 23 | Colon | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 24 | Huracan | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 25 | Banfield | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 26 | Atletico Tucuman | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 27 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 28 | Unión Santa Fe | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -14 | 9 |
