Match Report
4 points and 6 places separated them: Argentinos Juniors 1st with 16, Racing Club 7th with 20. The last five rounds placed Racing Club no better than 58th for form, against 7th in the standings. Per game in the league, Argentinos Juniors were scoring 1.71 and conceding 1, Racing Club 1.21 and 1, against a competition average of 1.04 goals per team per game.
Argentinos Juniors entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
13 meetings are on record — 5 won by Argentinos Juniors, 7 by Racing Club, 1 drawn, at 2.38 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 77% of the meetings. Goals have risen lately: 3.4 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.38 across the full history.
The venue was Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, with room for 57,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Argentinos Juniors: Tomás Molina (9'), Hernán López Muñoz (77') · Racing Club: Ezequiel Cannavo (28')
Key stats
Possession: Argentinos Juniors 66% · Racing Club 34% · Total shots: 23-15 · On target: 10-3 · Corners: 9-4