Match Report
The table read 7th (River Plate, 5 pts) against 3rd (Racing, 13 pts), 8 points apart. Racing ranked just 33rd in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Against a league average of 1.17 goals per team per game, River Plate ran at 0.86 scored and 1.43 conceded, Racing at 1.57 and 0.86.
A win had eluded River Plate for 8 matches. Racing had not won in 5 games.
The match was played at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi in Montevideo (capacity 6,000). River Plate led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
River Plate: Christian Andrés Almeida Rodríguez (37'), Rodrigo Pollero López (46') · Racing: Maximiliano Moreira (69' og), Mohammed Abdul Qayoom Dur Mohamamd Abubakar (49'), E. da Silva (82')