Barracas Central 2-0 Racing Club: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How Barracas Central won it

Nicolás Orsini put Barracas Central ahead in the 43rd minute, set up by Rodrigo Bogarín. Norberto Briasco made it 2-0 to Barracas Central in the 77th minute.

It was 1-0 at half-time.

The referee, D. Herrera, showed 3 yellow cards: 1 to Barracas Central and 2 to Racing Club.

Barracas Central: D. Ayude, 4-2-3-1 · Racing Club: S. Romero, 4-3-3.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

Right result, right score: 2-0 was the estimate's most likely scoreline at 9%, and it came in.

On goals the estimate was close: about 2.2 expected, 2 scored.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 38%; with 2 goals the under came in, as the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 44%; they did not both score, in line with the estimate.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-11-05, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 0.63 for Barracas Central and 2.83 for Racing Club.

Barracas Central scored about 1.4 more than their chances were worth: clinical finishing, or a goalkeeper having a bad day.

Racing Club left about 2.8 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

Racing Club created the better chances, 2.83 xG to 0.63, and still lost. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

The run of play itself went against the pre-match reading: Moneyball expected Barracas Central to create more, and Racing Club did.

Barracas Central had 4 shots on target, Racing Club 2.

Racing Club had 56% of the ball, but Barracas Central took the points.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Barracas Central came into it with 32 Liga Profesional Argentina matches played, scoring 1.0 and conceding 0.9 a match, with 0.99 expected goals for and 1.00 against, and had won 38% of their matches.

Racing Club came into it with 34 Liga Profesional Argentina matches played, scoring 1.0 and conceding 1.2 a match, with 1.22 expected goals for and 1.72 against, and had won 29% of their matches.

Barracas Central vs Racing Club: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Rodrigo Bogarín (Barracas Central), rated 7.9 by Sportmonks, with 1 assist.

Barracas Central

• Rodrigo Bogarín 7.9 1 assist
• Enzo Taborda 7.4
• Norberto Briasco 7.4 1 goal
• Nicolás Orsini 7.3 1 goal
• Yonatthan Rak 7.0

Racing Club

• Gastón Lodico 7.2
• Ezequiel Cannavo 6.9
• Matías Pérez 6.9
• Ignacio Rodríguez 6.9
• Matías Kranevitter 6.8

The lowest-rated starter was Gonzalo Escudero at 6.2. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Barracas Central: Defensa y Justicia vs Barracas Central Saturday 21 November 2026 · Liga Profesional Argentina

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Barracas Central vs Racing Club

What was the score in Barracas Central vs Racing Club?

Barracas Central 2-0 Racing Club (half-time 1-0), Liga Profesional Argentina, Friday 6 November 2026.

Who scored in Barracas Central vs Racing Club?

Nicolás Orsini 43', Norberto Briasco 77'.

Did Moneyball predict Barracas Central vs Racing Club correctly?

Right result, right score: 2-0 was the estimate's most likely scoreline at 9%, and it came in.

Who was man of the match in Barracas Central vs Racing Club?

Rodrigo Bogarín, rated 7.9 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Barracas Central vs Racing Club?

D. Herrera.