Football match preview: Barracas Central vs Argentinos Juniors

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Mon 10.Jul
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Claudio Chiqui Tapia (2500 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team steals it or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Barracas Central and Argentinos Juniors duel at Estadio Claudio Chiqui Tapia.

Insights:
  • Barracas Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Argentinos Juniors have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

It's no vacation for neither Barracas Central nor Argentinos Juniors as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Barracas Central form and stats

Barracas Central have collected 19 points from their Superliga home games so far after 5-4-3.

A strong away win for Barracas against Belgrano the last match, as Álvarez and Calderara were on target. Defender Álvarez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.14/10. Álvarez scored one goal and won 6 of 8 duels.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against River Plate.

Barracas Central have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Argentinos Juniors so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Ávalos was the last player to score for the away team. Argentinos haven't scored a league goal in the last 200 minutes.

Argentinos Juniors's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Instituto that finished 0-0. Midfielder Moyano was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Moyano hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 62 successful passes (of 71 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Banfield wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Argentinos Juniors's away games in the league this season with only {5 goals} from 12 matches. Argentinos Juniors are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Argentinos JuniorsG. Ávalos Stumpfs
G. Ávalos Stumpfs
11 goals
Barracas CentralB. Sepúlveda
B. Sepúlveda
5 goals
BarracasI. Tapia
I. Tapia
4 goals

Barracas Central missing players

Argentinos Juniors missing players

Barracas Central Argentinos Juniors
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 3 12 23
7 5 2 Won W 1 3 9
9 4 0 Drew D 1 3 6
7 3 1 Lost L 1 6 8
24 12 2 Scored S 2 5 26
28 11 3 Conceded C 3 9 19
87% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 83%
65% 58% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 25% 43%
30% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 17% 35%
13% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
39% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 17% 30%
35% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 43%
39% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 67% 43%
 
3.9 4.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 5.3
5.4 5.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.9 4.3
1.8 1.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
10.3 10 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 12.4 15.2
3.3 2.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 4.9
32% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 9% 23%
 
11.8 12.8 14.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 10.3 9.8
4.3 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.1
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Argentinos Juniors have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga
  • Argentinos Juniors have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Barracas Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barracas Central have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argentinos Juniors have scored 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 River Plate 23 17 2 4 42 15 11 10 0 1 21 5 12 7 2 3 21 10 27 53
2 Talleres Córdoba 23 13 5 5 38 20 12 7 2 3 16 8 11 6 3 2 22 12 18 44
3 San Lorenzo 23 11 9 3 22 9 12 8 4 0 12 0 11 3 5 3 10 9 13 42
4 Lanús 23 11 7 5 31 21 11 8 1 2 16 7 12 3 6 3 15 14 10 40
5 Defensa y Justicia 23 11 6 6 29 17 12 6 4 2 16 9 11 5 2 4 13 8 12 39
6 Estudiantes 23 10 8 5 27 19 12 6 4 2 18 10 11 4 4 3 9 9 8 38
7 Rosario Central 23 9 9 5 30 25 12 8 4 0 22 8 11 1 5 5 8 17 5 36
8 Godoy Cruz 23 10 6 7 30 25 11 7 3 1 21 9 12 3 3 6 9 16 5 36
9 Belgrano 23 10 4 9 20 21 11 6 3 2 12 7 12 4 1 7 8 14 -1 34
10 Argentinos Juniors 23 9 6 8 26 19 11 6 3 2 21 10 12 3 3 6 5 9 7 33
11 Boca Juniors 23 9 5 9 25 22 12 6 3 3 16 9 11 3 2 6 9 13 3 32
12 Racing Club 23 8 7 8 31 31 12 5 4 3 16 15 11 3 3 5 15 16 0 31
13 Newell's Old Boys 22 7 9 6 20 19 11 6 4 1 12 4 11 1 5 5 8 15 1 30
14 Barracas Central 23 7 9 7 24 28 12 5 4 3 12 11 11 2 5 4 12 17 -4 30
15 Platense 23 8 5 10 24 27 12 5 4 3 14 11 11 3 1 7 10 16 -3 29
16 Sarmiento 23 7 7 9 22 21 11 4 3 4 15 12 12 3 4 5 7 9 1 28
17 Atletico Tucuman 23 6 9 8 20 27 11 4 4 3 12 13 12 2 5 5 8 14 -7 27
18 Gimnasia La Plata 22 7 6 9 19 29 10 5 3 2 10 7 12 2 3 7 9 22 -10 27
19 Central Cordoba SdE 22 6 8 8 17 22 11 4 2 5 7 8 11 2 6 3 10 14 -5 26
20 Instituto 23 6 8 9 18 29 12 4 6 2 9 9 11 2 2 7 9 20 -11 26
21 Tigre 23 6 7 10 21 27 11 4 3 4 12 13 12 2 4 6 9 14 -6 25
22 Velez Sarsfield 23 5 9 9 22 24 12 3 7 2 15 10 11 2 2 7 7 14 -2 24
23 Independiente 22 5 9 8 21 26 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 1 5 5 6 13 -5 24
24 Colón 23 4 12 7 19 27 12 3 6 3 13 16 11 1 6 4 6 11 -8 24
25 Unión Santa Fe 23 5 9 9 17 25 11 3 4 4 10 12 12 2 5 5 7 13 -8 24
26 Banfield 23 6 6 11 17 30 12 4 4 4 7 11 11 2 2 7 10 19 -13 24
27 Huracan 23 4 7 12 16 27 11 3 4 4 9 12 12 1 3 8 7 15 -11 19
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 23 5 2 16 16 32 11 4 1 6 11 15 12 1 1 10 5 17 -16 17

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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.