Racing Club vs CA River Plate, Superliga Argentina 2026 APERTURA

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Liga Profesional · 2026

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Sun 12 Apr 2026 · 23:00 UTC El Cilindro HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 33' Facundo Colidio

0–2 90+2' Sebastian Driussi

Y 8' Tobias Palacio Cardozo

Baltasar Rodriguez 19' Y

Marcos Rojo 45' Y

Y 56' Gonzalo Montiel

Marco Di Cesare 75' Y

Marcos Rojo 80' R

Santiago Sosa 81' Y

Y 83' Juan Cruz Meza

Matias Zaracho 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Racing Club vs CA River Plate — Superliga Argentina at El Cilindro.

Racing Club 27 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
CA River Plate 27 games · 43 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee
Assistant 1 Facundo Rodriguez
Assistant 2 Jose Castelli

22 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 6.9 goals/game 🟥 4 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	CA Velez Sarsfield	27	51
2	CA Talleres	27	48
3	Racing Club	27	46
4	CA Huracan	27	46
5	CA River Plate	27	43
6	CA Boca Juniors	27	42
7	CA Independiente	27	40
8	CA Tucuman	27	40
9	CA Union	27	40
10	CA Platense	27	39
11	CS Independiente Rivadavia	27	38
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36
13	Instituto AC Cordoba	27	36
14	CA Lanus	27	36
15	CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba	27	35
16	CA Belgrano	27	35
17	CD Riestra	27	35
18	CA Tigre	27	34
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	27	32
20	CA Rosario Central	27	32
21	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	27	32
22	CA Central Córdoba	27	31
23	AA Argentinos Juniors	27	30
24	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	27	29
25	CA Newell's Old Boys	27	28
26	CA Sarmiento de Junin	27	26
27	CA Banfield	27	24
28	CA Barracas Central	27	23

Head-to-Head

Racing Club 8 games · Avg 3.4 goals CA River Plate

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-12 Racing Club 0–2 CA River Plate 2025-11-24 Racing Club 3–2 CA River Plate 2024-12-15 Racing Club 1–0 CA River Plate 2023-07-29 CA River Plate 2–1 Racing Club 2022-10-23 Racing Club 1–2 CA River Plate

Recent Form

Racing Club

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Apr	CA River Plate	H	0–2	L
04 Apr	CA Independiente	A	0–1	L
22 Mar	CA Belgrano	A	2–1	W
16 Mar	Estudiantes de Río Cuarto	H	2–0	W
11 Mar	CA Sarmiento de Junin	A	0–0	D
04 Mar	CA Tucuman	A	3–0	W

CA River Plate

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Apr	Racing Club	A	2–0	W
05 Apr	CA Belgrano	H	3–0	W
22 Mar	Estudiantes de Río Cuarto	A	2–0	W
15 Mar	CA Sarmiento de Junin	H	2–0	W
13 Mar	CA Huracan	A	2–1	W
03 Mar	CS Independiente Rivadavia	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Racing Club		CA River Plate
#3	Position	#5
46	Points	43
27	Played	27
14 / 4 / 9	W / D / L	11 / 10 / 6
42	Scored	38
30	Conceded	21
+12	GD	+17
1.70	PPG	1.59
52%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Racing Club this season

32% Clean Sheets
CA River Plate this season

Racing Club are 3rd (46 pts). CA River Plate are 5th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Racing Club

0-15

2/1

16-30

4/4

31-45

1/4

46-60

2/2

61-75

2/2

76+

3/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CA River Plate

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/3

31-45

7/2

46-60

3/–

61-75

3/4

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Racing Club

Adrian Martinez	5 G
Tomas Conechny	3 G	2 A

CA River Plate

Gonzalo Montiel	6 G	2 A
Sebastian Driussi	6 G
Tomas Galvan	5 G	2 A
Juan Fernando Quintero	3 G	2 A
Juan Quintero	3 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at El Cilindro!
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Racing Club in their 4-1-4-1 trying to find a way past CA River Plate's compact 4-4-2.
8' The referee shows CA River Plate player a card on 8.
13' Racing Club are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined CA River Plate backline.
18' Maximiliano Salas has been relatively quiet despite scoring 6 goals in his last 209 appearances.
19' That is a card for Racing Club. Baltasar Rodriguez will be fuming at that decision.
24' The energy levels are beginning to show. Gustavo Costas might look to freshen things up shortly.
29' Both keepers have barely been tested. Racing Club and CA River Plate are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
33' The Argentina forward Facundo Colidio breaks the deadlock on 33 minutes. 0-1!
38' CA River Plate has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
43' Adrian Fernandez, a Argentina , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' Poor challenge from Marcos Rojo. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
46' German Pezzella is replacing Tobias Palacio Cardozo for the CA River Plate side.
51' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
56' Gonzalo Montiel catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 56.
59' Racing Club make a change. Bruno Zuculini trudges off to be replaced by Gonzalo Sosa on 59 minutes.
61' Another substitution for CA River Plate to replace Ian Subiabre by Juan Quintero on 61 minute.
66' A quiet spell here at El Cilindro. CA River Plate seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
71' Racing Club are deployed in a 4-1-4-1 today, looking to exploit space against CA River Plate's 4-4-2 shape.
73' The supporters are chanting for Duvan Vergara. He replaces Adrian Fernandez on 73 minute.
75' The referee has no hesitation. Marco Di Cesare is booked for Racing Club — card on 75.
80' It’s gonna be a card for Marcos Rojo.
81' Santiago Sosa catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 81.
83' Juan Cruz Meza picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
84' The Racing Club bench stirs into life. Ezequiel Cannavo is withdrawn and Tomas Conechny gets his opportunity.
88' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Matias Zaracho.
90' Another substitution for CA River Plate to replace Gonzalo Montiel by Fabricio Bustos on 90 minute.
The referee brings this contest to a close. CA River Plate take all three points.

Lineups

Racing Club Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

6
Marcos Rojo
36
Bruno Zuculini ↓ Gonzalo Sosa 59'
13
Santiago Sosa
25
Facundo Cambeses
3
Marco Di Cesare
9
Adrian Martinez
4
Ezequiel Cannavo ↓ Tomas Conechny 84'
28
Santiago Solari ↓ Gaston Martirena 59'
20
Baltasar Rodriguez ↓ Matias Zaracho 59'
2
Agustin Garcia
24
Adrian Fernandez ↓ Duvan Vergara 73'

Bench

Coach Gustavo Costas

CA River Plate Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

21
Marcos Acuna
29
Gonzalo Montiel ↓ Fabricio Bustos 90'
9
Sebastian Driussi ↓ Maximiliano Salas 90'
15
Fausto Vera
6
Anibal Moreno
11
Facundo Colidio
28
Lucas Martinez Quarta
26
Tomas Galvan ↓ Juan Cruz Meza 61'
2
Tobias Palacio Cardozo ↓ German Pezzella 46'
41
Santiago Beltran
38
Ian Subiabre ↓ Juan Quintero 61'

Bench

Coach Eduardo Coudet

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rafael Borre	2
Braian Romero	2
Juan Fernando Quintero	2
Miguel Borja	2
Sebastian Driussi	1
Ignacio Scocco	1
Facundo Colidio	1
Maximiliano Salas	1

Head to Head

Racing Club Form

2026-04-12 Racing Club 0–2 CA River Plate L 2026-04-04 CA Independiente 1–0 Racing Club L 2026-03-22 CA Belgrano 1–2 Racing Club W 2026-03-16 Racing Club 2–0 Estudiantes de Río Cuarto W 2026-03-11 CA Sarmiento de Junin 0–0 Racing Club D 2026-03-04 CA Tucuman 0–3 Racing Club W

CA River Plate Form

2026-04-12 Racing Club 0–2 CA River Plate W 2026-04-05 CA River Plate 3–0 CA Belgrano W 2026-03-22 Estudiantes de Río Cuarto 0–2 CA River Plate W 2026-03-15 CA River Plate 2–0 CA Sarmiento de Junin W 2026-03-13 CA Huracan 1–2 CA River Plate W 2026-03-03 CS Independiente Rivadavia 1–1 CA River Plate D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.11 Racing Club xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.55 CA River Plate xG

I would bet for: CA River Plate or Draw 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Racing Club28% Draw28% CA River Plate44%

Actual: CA River Plate win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.66

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Racing Club or Draw

56%

Draw or CA River Plate

72%

Racing Club or CA River Plate

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Racing Club20% Draw47% CA River Plate33%

Actual: CA River Plate win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13%

0 – 1

9.9%

0 – 0

1 – 2

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

6.8%

2 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

1 – 3

4.7%

2 – 0

4.2%

0 – 3

4.2%

2 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Racing Club

Handicap	Racing Club covers	Push	CA River Plate covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	15%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	22%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	14%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Racing Club keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

CA River Plate keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.