Match Report
Racing Club went into the game 7th in the table on 20 points; Tigre sat 5th on 12 — an 8-point gap. Racing Club had been under-performing their position — 58th on five-round form against 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Racing Club were scoring 1.21 and conceding 1, Tigre 0.88 and 0.63, against a competition average of 1.05 goals per team per game.
Racing Club were unbeaten in 5.
The head-to-head ledger counts 14 games: 6 Racing Club wins, 3 for Tigre, 5 draws, at 2.79 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 64% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
The match was played at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (capacity 26,535). Tigre led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Racing Club: Duván Vergara (65') · Tigre: Gonzalo Martínez (19'), Martín Garay (26'), Ignacio Russo (51')
Key stats
Possession: Racing Club 58% · Tigre 42% · Total shots: 11-11 · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 6-0