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Racing vs Independiente: match report
Racing Club hosted Independiente at Presidente Perón (Cilindro de Avellaneda) on Sunday 18 October 2026, in the Liga Profesional. Racing are without 1 player (Valentín Carboni); Independiente have no reported absences. Facundo Tello is the referee, averaging 5.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 5.2.
Result and scorers
Racing 1-1 Independiente. Goals: Matías Zaracho 29' for Racing ; Maximiliano Meza 65' (pen) for Independiente.
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Key moments (contains the result)
- 6' Yellow card: Juan Barinaga (Racing )
- 17' Yellow card: Matías Zaracho (Racing )
- 29' Goal: Matías Zaracho (Racing ) 1-0
- 49' Yellow card: Mateo Martínez (Racing )
- 64' Yellow card: Gonzalo Escudero (Racing )
- 65' Penalty: Maximiliano Meza (Independiente) 1-1
- 87' Yellow card: Iván Morales (Independiente)
- 90'+2' Yellow card: Leonardo Godoy (Independiente)
- 90'+3' Yellow card: Leonel Pérez (Racing )
Match stats (contains the result)
| 53% | Possession | 47% |
| 9 | Shots | 10 |
| 3 | Shots on target | 3 |
| 8 | Corners | 4 |
| 16 | Fouls | 9 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Saves | 1 |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Racing 4-2-3-1
Coach: Sebastián Romero
- 25 Facundo Cambeses GK
- 14 Juan Barinaga DEF
- 38 Mateo Martínez DEF
- 43 Gonzalo Escudero DEF
- 19 Ignacio Rodríguez DEF
- 20 Gastón Lodico MID
- 5 Matías Kranevitter MID
- 11 Matías Zaracho FWD
- 32 Lautaro Díaz MID
- 17 Tomás Conechny FWD
- 9 Adrián Martínez FWD
Bench
- 16 Ulises Ortegoza MID
- 7 Duván Vergara FWD
- 33 Leonel Pérez MID
- 4 Ezequiel Cannavo DEF
- 22 Elías Torres FWD
- 30 Matías Tagliamonte GK
- 18 Pacha Espino DEF
- 23 Nazareno Colombo DEF
- 2 Matías Pérez DEF
- 46 Alejandro Tello MID
- 24 Adrián Fernández MID
- 40 Francisco Fraga FWD
Independiente 4-3-3
Coach: Jádson Viera
- 33 Rodrigo Rey GK
- 4 Santiago Arias DEF
- 36 Sebastián Valdéz DEF
- 35 Juan Miguel Arrayago DEF
- 5 Nahuel Banegas DEF
- 16 Mateo Pérez Curci MID
- 23 Iván Marcone MID
- 8 Maximiliano Meza MID
- 7 Santiago Gabriel Montiel FWD
- 6 Ezequiel Ávila FWD
- 10 Luciano Cabral FWD
Bench
- 19 Matías Abaldo FWD
- 29 Leonardo Godoy DEF
- 9 Iván Morales FWD
- 22 Facundo Zabala DEF
- 14 Lautaro Millán MID
- 77 Santiago Mele GK
- 2 Franco Calderón DEF
- 13 Juan Fedorco DEF
- 24 Josias Palais MID
- 30 Tomás Parmo MID
- 32 David Martínez MID
- 34 Felipe Tempone FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Racing
- Valentín Carboni injury, back Early November 2026
Independiente
No reported absences.
Previous meetings
- Saturday 4 April 2026: Independiente 1-0 Racing Club
- Sunday 28 September 2025: Racing Club 0-0 Independiente
- Sunday 16 March 2025: Independiente 1-1 Racing Club
- Sunday 25 August 2024: Racing Club 0-0 Independiente
- Saturday 24 February 2024: Independiente 0-1 Racing Club