Superliga preview: Can Argentinos Juniors edge out victory against Unión Santa Fe?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona (25000 seats)

The Argentinos Juniors & Unión Santa Fe managers Milito and Vera are both fearing and feeling excited about this very important fixture in the higher part of the Superliga positions.

Insights:
  • Argentinos Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have the most scored goals (20) in Superliga

Both contenders have had ample time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated match!

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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

Argentinos Juniors are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.

Argentinos Juniors haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Torren scored that one.

No payout for Argentinos in their previous match, an away game at Talleres Cordoba that ended in defeat 0-2. Allister was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.0 out of 10. The defender Allister hit one key pass and won 4 of 9 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against San Lorenzo with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Argentinos Juniors handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Argentinos Juniors as they have a new game in only four days, a Superliga match thankfully also at home. Estudiantes are visiting.

Argentinos Juniors have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Argentinos have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Unión Santa Fe, who have the most scored goals (20) in Superliga, playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.

Unión Santa Fe go into this game after a win, the home game against Velez Sarsfield that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Vera when Marabel scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. The attacker Castrillón got a match rating of 7.95 in that game. Castrillón scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Godoy Cruz.

We have checked recent matches where Unión have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Observe that 12 of this club's 13 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gimnasia La Plata in just four days.

Unión Santa Fe have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. Unión's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported history featuring both these teams is the Argentinos Juniors - Unión Santa Fe 2-1 played not long ago this season. Previous six meetings between these contenders: Argentinos Juniors won two, Unión Santa Fe were winners in four and we saw zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ArgentinosG. Ávalos Stumpfs
G. Ávalos Stumpfs
6 goals
Unión Santa FeJ. Alvez Sagar
J. Alvez Sagar
5 goals
Argentinos JuniorsM. Torrén
M. Torrén
3 goals

Argentinos Juniors missing players

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Argentinos Juniors Unión Santa Fe
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 0 Played P 3 12 25
13 8 0 Won W 0 3 11
8 3 0 Drew D 0 4 5
7 2 0 Lost L 3 5 9
38 18 0 Scored S 1 14 31
30 9 0 Conceded C 4 16 30
96% 92% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
75% 69% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 64%
43% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 67% 64%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 16%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
57% 54% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 60%
21% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 32%
25% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 20%
 
5 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.4 5.3
3.1 3.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.2 4.8
2.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
12 14.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8.7 10.4
4.4 5.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.1
31% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 32% 30%
 
9.1 8.9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 13.5 11.9
3.3 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 5.8 4.7
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Argentinos Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have the most scored goals (20) in Superliga
  • Unión Santa Fe have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Tucuman 12 7 4 1 13 6 6 4 2 0 9 3 6 3 2 1 4 3 7 25
2 Gimnasia La Plata 12 7 3 2 13 6 6 5 1 0 9 1 6 2 2 2 4 5 7 24
3 Unión Santa Fe 11 6 3 2 20 17 6 3 1 2 9 9 5 3 2 0 11 8 3 21
4 Racing Club 12 5 5 2 19 11 6 4 2 0 14 4 6 1 3 2 5 7 8 20
5 Argentinos Juniors 12 6 2 4 15 12 6 4 1 1 9 5 6 2 1 3 6 7 3 20
6 Huracán 12 5 5 2 12 9 5 2 2 1 5 3 7 3 3 1 7 6 3 20
7 River Plate 12 5 3 4 17 12 5 2 1 2 4 5 7 3 2 2 13 7 5 18
8 Patronato 12 5 3 4 16 13 6 4 1 1 9 3 6 1 2 3 7 10 3 18
9 Godoy Cruz 12 5 3 4 13 11 5 4 1 0 8 3 7 1 2 4 5 8 2 18
10 Platense 12 4 6 2 12 10 6 2 4 0 6 3 6 2 2 2 6 7 2 18
11 Boca Juniors 12 6 0 6 18 20 7 5 0 2 14 11 5 1 0 4 4 9 -2 18
12 San Lorenzo 12 3 8 1 15 12 7 1 6 0 10 9 5 2 2 1 5 3 3 17
13 Newell's Old Boys 12 4 5 3 10 9 6 1 4 1 4 4 6 3 1 2 6 5 1 17
14 Sarmiento 12 5 2 5 13 13 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 1 1 4 3 7 0 17
15 Arsenal de Sarandi 12 3 7 2 14 14 6 2 3 1 7 7 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 16
16 Banfield 12 3 6 3 12 10 7 1 4 2 8 9 5 2 2 1 4 1 2 15
17 Defensa y Justicia 11 3 5 3 11 12 6 2 4 0 7 5 5 1 1 3 4 7 -1 14
18 Colón 12 3 5 4 10 12 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 1 3 2 4 4 -2 14
19 Barracas Central 12 3 5 4 13 16 7 2 2 3 8 11 5 1 3 1 5 5 -3 14
20 Rosario Central 11 4 2 5 7 10 6 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 3 4 6 -3 14
21 Tigre 11 3 4 4 17 17 5 2 2 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 10 13 0 13
22 Estudiantes 12 3 4 5 13 16 6 2 3 1 8 7 6 1 1 4 5 9 -3 13
23 Talleres Cordoba 11 3 3 5 8 10 6 3 0 3 5 5 5 0 3 2 3 5 -2 12
24 Central Cordoba SdE 11 3 2 6 13 17 5 1 0 4 4 10 6 2 2 2 9 7 -4 11
25 Independiente 12 3 2 7 11 15 6 2 1 3 4 6 6 1 1 4 7 9 -4 11
26 Velez Sarsfield 12 1 6 5 12 16 5 1 2 2 5 5 7 0 4 3 7 11 -4 9
27 Aldosivi 12 2 2 8 7 19 6 1 1 4 2 7 6 1 1 4 5 12 -12 8
28 Lanus 12 1 3 8 10 19 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 0 1 6 4 12 -9 6

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.