Copa Sudamericana match preview: Racing Club versus Melgar

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Competition: South America Copa Sudamericana
Competition: Thu 19.May
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (51389 seats)

Racing Club and Melgar get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Sudamericana Group Stage fixture.

Melgar have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they had a Superliga game only four days back. That game was an away game at Boca Juniors, so at least Racing Club are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Racing Club form and stats

The home team returns to Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón after drawing with Boca Juniors on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Defender Sigali got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Sigali hit two key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.

Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Aldosivi.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Racing Club home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

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Melgar form and stats

Melgar's mission in Copa Sudamericana last season failed in the group stage.

3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Melgar playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.

The supporters enjoyed Melgar's previous game versus ADT, a 3-0 win played at home. Defender Lazo was the best team player with a rating of 7.82. Lazo won 9 of 11 duels.

Prior to that result Melgar won their away game at Deportivo Binacional in the Primera Division. The scoreline was 1-0.

The schedule is very tough for Melgar now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera Division game at Ayacucho is waiting in only four days.

Melgar have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Melgar have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Racing Club and Melgar have met before this season: Melgar - Racing Club 3-1. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Iberico with 2 goals scored against Racing Club in these 1 games.

Top Goalscorers

RacingE. Copetti
E. Copetti
8 goals
Racing ClubM. Correa
M. Correa
6 goals
MelgarB. Cuesta
B. Cuesta
6 goals

Racing Club missing players

Melgar missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Racing Club Melgar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
15 9   Won W   6 18
7 3   Drew D   2 2
3 0   Lost L   4 5
44 25   Scored S   16 41
22 5   Conceded C   16 19
88% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 64%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 44%
40% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 24%
12% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
48% 42%   BTTS BTTS   50% 32%
44% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 56%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   25% 12%
 
5.7 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6.4
5.1 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4
2.8 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
12.7 15.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12.8
5.3 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.4
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 31%
 
10.2 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 9
4.5 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melgar 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 9
2 Racing Club 4 3 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 9
3 Cuiaba 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
4 River Plate 4 1 0 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melgar 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 9
2 Racing Club 4 3 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 9
3 Cuiaba 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
4 River Plate 4 1 0 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melgar 13 9 1 3 18 11 6 6 0 0 10 0 7 3 1 3 8 11 7 28
2 Sport Huancayo 12 8 3 1 23 13 5 3 2 0 10 5 7 5 1 1 13 8 10 27
3 Sporting Cristal 13 7 4 2 25 18 7 5 2 0 21 13 6 2 2 2 4 5 7 25
4 Alianza Atletico 13 8 1 4 23 21 7 5 1 1 15 8 6 3 0 3 8 13 2 25
5 Universitario 14 7 3 4 22 14 7 4 2 1 14 8 7 3 1 3 8 6 8 24
6 Alianza Lima 12 7 2 3 21 12 6 4 1 1 12 5 6 3 1 2 9 7 9 23
7 Cienciano 13 6 4 3 26 14 6 4 1 1 16 5 7 2 3 2 10 9 12 22
8 Deportivo Binacional 13 7 1 5 19 13 7 4 1 2 12 6 6 3 0 3 7 7 6 22
9 Deportivo Municipal 13 6 2 5 25 27 7 4 1 2 9 8 6 2 1 3 16 19 -2 20
10 Atletico Grau 14 4 6 4 19 17 6 2 1 3 10 9 8 2 5 1 9 8 2 18
11 Cesar Vallejo 13 4 6 3 13 12 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 0 4 3 2 8 1 18
12 Sport Boys 14 5 3 6 14 21 6 3 1 2 7 7 8 2 2 4 7 14 -7 18
13 ADT 14 3 6 5 12 16 7 2 3 2 8 6 7 1 3 3 4 10 -4 15
14 UTC Cajamarca 13 4 2 7 22 25 7 4 2 1 17 12 6 0 0 6 5 13 -3 14
15 Carlos Stein 13 3 3 7 13 20 7 3 3 1 8 5 6 0 0 6 5 15 -7 12
16 Ayacucho 14 3 2 9 23 26 7 3 1 3 16 12 7 0 1 6 7 14 -3 11
17 Carlos Manucci 13 2 4 7 11 17 6 1 3 2 2 4 7 1 1 5 9 13 -6 10
18 Universidad San Martin 13 2 2 9 12 28 7 2 1 4 7 8 6 0 1 5 5 20 -16 8
19 Academia Cantolao 13 1 3 9 12 28 8 1 1 6 7 16 5 0 2 3 5 12 -16 6

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melgar 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 9
2 Racing Club 4 3 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 9
3 Cuiaba 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
4 River Plate 4 1 0 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3

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