Racing Club (home)
- Racing Club are in good form too with four wins and just one loss in their last five across all competitions.
- Racing are 12th on 18 from the same number of matches.
- Racing have won 2 of their 4 home league matches, drawing one and losing the other.
River Plate (away)
- River Plate, who have been playing some of the best soccer in Argentina under new boss Eduardo Coudet, come into this game in much better form than hosts Racing Club, but the stats tell a slightly different story for this fixture.
- River are unbeaten in five with four wins and a draw, while Racing Club are in good form too with four wins and just one loss in their last five across all competitions.
- River come into this with a much better position in the Liga Profesional - Apertura 2026 standings however, standing 2nd on 23 points from 12 games, while Racing are 12th on 18 from the same number of matches.
- River Plate have won three, drawn two and lost two of their seven away league games this season, scoring just 0.86 goals-per-game on average on their travels.
Head-to-Head
Racing Club have won two of their last three home meetings with River, including the last meeting in La Plata, 3-2, four months ago .
Key Players
- River’s Gonzalo Montiel has four goals in 11 league games this season, and his three goals in the last five are a big reason why River are on such a hot streak.
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Adrian Martinez is Racing’s main man up front with the same tally of four in 10 league games this term.
- Montiel: three goals in the last five.
- Martinez: three goals in the last five.
Betting Insights
- The bettors have this game set at 2.88 for the away side, 2.62 for Racing Club and 2.94 for the draw and all three options seem reasonable for the same game.
- The draw is the more likely outcome based on recent form, however, and the bet that catches my eye is ‘Both teams to score - No’ at 1.73.
Prediction
so there’s enough of a reason to back a draw and a game without goals .
