The first of two encounters in the Copa Libertadores Quarter-finals, as the hometeam Boca Juniors will try to edge Racing Club in their own ballpark.
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 Juniors and Racing Club.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.5W-2D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for Boca Juniors.
A strong away win for Boca Juniors against Independiente the last match, as Franco Soldano and Edwin Cardona were on target. A Copa Libertadores defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Racing Club.
Manager M. Russo felt very clever after Edwin Cardona scored the winning goal against Independiente, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute. A late climax in the match against Independiente as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by Edwin Cardona.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Boca Juniors handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and one defeat.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Huracan are coming to town in four days.
Racing Club form and stats
They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when River Plate drew the shortest straw.Total Copa Libertadores statistics for Racing Club: 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Racing are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Estudiantes. Before that, Racing secured a home win against Boca Juniors with the score 1-0.
Gastón Gómez had red hot gloves after the game against Estudiantes, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made.
A quick return to home after this game, as Racing Club are hosting Godoy Cruz in the Superliga only four days away.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Racing Club - Juniors 1-0. Last nine meetings between the teams: Juniors won three, Racing Club won four and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Cardona Bedoya 3 goals | R. Ábila 2 goals |  C. Tevez 2 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Racing Club missing players
| Boca Juniors | Racing Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||