Argentinos Juniors are enjoying their 6th, while Rosario Central are loitering 5 points behind in the table. Will they cut the gap?
- Argentinos Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Argentinos Juniors form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona as Argentinos Juniors have scored 12 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 350 minutes without scoring a league goal. Nuss was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Argentinos Juniors in their previous match, an away game at Racing Club that ended in defeat 0-1. Lanzillota had a busy but productive day in the Racing Club match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Ahead of that match, Argentinos Juniors lost 0-2 at home to Platense.It should be taken into account that a look at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Argentinos Juniors are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Argentinos have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rosario Central form and stats
Rosario Central have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-3-4 (8 played). Rosario Central has drawn their two previous away games.
Rosario won their last game, 1-0 versus Talleres Cordoba played at home. That win felt sweet as this team had gone three league fixtures without winning. Marinelli, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Marinelli scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to San Lorenzo.Take note: 13 of the last 17 league matches featuring this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rosario Central as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Rosario in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between these sides: Argentinos Juniors won three, Rosario Central were winners in three and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 4 red cards from the last six encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ávalos Stumpfs 8 goals |  A. Véliz 5 goals | T. Nuss 4 goals |
Argentinos Juniors missing players
Rosario Central missing players
| Argentinos Juniors | Rosario Central | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 8 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 15 | 10 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 41 | 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 33 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 36 |
| 94% | 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 87% | 90% |
| 70% | 69% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 58% |
| 36% | 38% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 19% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 39% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 35% |
| 30% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 14.6 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 9.9 | 10.3 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 30% | 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 20% | 24% |
| 9.5 | 8.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.9 | 9.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
- Argentinos Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gimnasia La Plata | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Atletico Tucuman | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Huracan | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Godoy Cruz | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Argentinos Juniors | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | River Plate | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 26 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 9 | Platense | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Patronato | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Tigre | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 14 | Estudiantes | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Union Santa Fe | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Rosario Central | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 19 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 20 | Banfield | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 21 | Defensa y Justicia | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 22 | Colon | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 18 |
| 23 | Central Cordoba SdE | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 24 | Talleres Cordoba | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 25 | Independiente | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 26 | Aldosivi | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 27 | Velez Sarsfield | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 12 |
| 28 | Lanus | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
