The match against the historic rival of a lifetime is a separate championship.
And in the Argentine league they are all played on the same date, a particular phenomenon that is not seen anywhere else on the planet.
Although, okay. And the history among the greats of Argentine soccer, too.
Although there are few pure classics left.
For example, of the 14 matches that will be seen on the seventh day of this weekend, only half will be against the usual opponent.
These will be River-Boca, Independiente-Racing, Huracán-San Lorenzo, Gimnasia- Estudiantes and Newell's-Rosario Central.
Who wins in those crossings.
Here, the historical numbers of the classic rivals of Argentine soccer.
The Superclásico numbers
The last one from River, who wants to continue discounting. Photo: Xinhua
Until now, they faced each other 260 times in the most important clash in Argentine soccer:
Boca won 91
(334 goals),
River 86
(317) and tied 83. The last time was on October 1 in La Bombonera, it was a victory for Millonario with goals from Salomón Rondón and Enzo Díaz.
The Avellaneda classic
Independiente and Racing played 234 games: Rojo won 89 (348 goals), Academia 70 (300 goals) and tied 75. The last time was in the Cilindro with a victory for Carlitos Tevez's team, 2-0 with goals from Canelo and Martinez.
The widest of all
The biggest neighborhood classic in the world, as the fans of San Lorenzo and Huracán called it, has been in 188 editions, with 87 victories for Ciclón (328 goals), 47 for Huracán (228 goals) and 53 draws.
In addition,
a match was considered lost for both of them
.
The other five
Newell's and Central played 196 games in the orbit of the AFA and Conmebol, with 63 wins for Canalla (235 goals), 49 losses (205 goals) and 82 draws.
Counting the official classics in the Rosario league and Santa Fe cups, according to data from colleague Carlos Durhand, in total they played 276 games, with 94 wins for Central and 77 for Newell's (+17 the scoundrel difference).
In La Plata, there are 186 games, with 66 victories for Estudiantes (267 goals), 51 for Gimnasia (221 goals) and 69 draws.
Most of them in the AFA field but they played two international matches.
Banfield and Lanús became a classic in recent decades
.
Some still remember the classics until the 80s in the rise of Los Andes and Banfield on the one hand, and those of Talleres-Lanús on the other.
Even so, throughout history they played 130 games, with 55 wins for Taladro (171 goals), 40 for Granate (157 goals) and 35 draws.
Finally, Talleres and Belgrano have played 41 games in AFA, with 11 wins for T (38 goals), 10 for Pirata (33 goals) and 11 draws.
According to their colleagues from Córdoba (Gustavo Farías and Mauricio Coccolo), not counting friendlies, they have played 255 official matches, including the Córdoba league, with 96 victories for Talleres and 76 for Belgrano (+20 for T).
Made with statistics from Oscar Barnade, Clarín journalist