About Match
20 points for Racing Club (7th), 12 for Independiente (4th): an 8-point gap. Recent form tells a different story for Racing Club: only 58th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 7th. Scoring rates set the scale: Racing Club 1.21 scored and 1 conceded per game, Independiente 1 and 0.86, with the league averaging 1.04. A win here leaves Racing Club on 23 points, overtaking Independiente, other results permitting.
The sides have met 21 times in the GioScore results database: 9 wins for Racing Club, 5 draws and 7 for Independiente, at 1.81 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 29% of meetings. The recent editions have closed up — 0.8 goals per game over the last five against 1.81 all-time.
The match takes place at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón in Avellaneda (capacity 26,535).