In this 27th week match, on Saturday Oct 22nd, Racing Club hosts River Plate at Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón in a clash of these two evenly matched Superliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which is great football weather. 2nd placed Racing Club is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Colón. Johan Carbonero scored the first goal for Racing Club in the 65th minute, then Enzo Copetti added another in the 68th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Colón couldn’t manage to score, and Racing Club took the shutout win. Racing Club is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while river Plate sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Rosario Central. Alejo Veliz scored the first goal for Rosario Central in the 14th minute, then Veliz added another in the 50th minute. River Plate should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 27th of February, River Plate hosted Racing Club at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in their last match together. River Plate and Racing Club battled to a 2-2 draw. Ezequiel Barco struck first for River Plate in the 26th minute on a feed from Joaquín Fernández, then De La Cruz Arcosa added another in the 43rd minute.
For River Plate, their top scorers are Miguel Borja and Matias Ezequiel Suarez, each having 3 goals in their last five matches. Enzo Copetti has been the most prolific scorer on Racing Club in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.