Football insights: Belgrano vs San Lorenzo - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 16.Jul
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Julio César Villagra (30500 seats)

This is shaping out to be an engrossing game as Belgrano have their expected home advantage, while San Lorenzo lead them by 8 points in the Superliga standings.

Insights:
  • Belgrano have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Superliga

San Lorenzo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Sudamericana game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Independiente Medellín. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Belgrano form and stats

6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Belgrano so far this season.

Stress levels are on the rise for Belgrano's attacking players as they have now played 284 minutes without scoring in a league game. Jara was their last goal scorer.

The Belgrano coach Farré and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Colon (placed 24th). Goalkeeper Losada got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.34 out of ten. Losada topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the home game against Barracas Central that was lost 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Belgrano handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

It should be added that a look at the 16 most recent league matches reveals that 14 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Belgrano are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. Belgrano have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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San Lorenzo form and stats

Playing away, San Lorenzo have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Superliga this season. San Lorenzo has drawn their two previous away games.

Two away matches in a row for Lorenzo, whose coach Insúa could celebrate last time after the Copa Sudamericana win against Independiente Medellín.

A draw for San Lorenzo before that, at their own venue hosting River Plate (0-0).

We have checked recent matches where San Lorenzo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 13 of this team's last 14 league matches have contained two goals or less.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Independiente Medellín in just three days.

The attacking power of San Lorenzo when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Lorenzo as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

San Lorenzo have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Belgrano.

Top Goalscorers

BelgranoP. Vegetti Pfaffen
P. Vegetti Pfaffen
13 goals
San LorenzoA. Bareiro Gamarra
A. Bareiro Gamarra
5 goals

Belgrano missing players

San Lorenzo missing players

Belgrano San Lorenzo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 5 11 24
10 6 1 Won W 2 3 11
5 3 2 Drew D 1 5 10
9 2 0 Lost L 2 3 3
20 12 3 Scored S 5 10 22
21 7 2 Conceded C 4 9 9
83% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 71%
58% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 55% 33%
21% 18% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 27% 17%
8% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 9% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 27% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 55% 25%
50% 55% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 67%
50% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 38%
 
4 3.5 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.9 4.8
5.2 4.7 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4.8 3.8
1.9 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 3.1 2.5
5 4 1 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
10.5 10.4 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.5 11.5
3.5 3.5 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 3.7
24% 32% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 26% 25%
 
13 12.7 16 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 11.7 10
4.2 3.3 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.9 3
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Belgrano have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • San Lorenzo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • San Lorenzo have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo have the most clean sheets (16) in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo 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 River Plate 24 17 3 4 42 15 11 10 0 1 21 5 13 7 3 3 21 10 27 54
2 Talleres Cordoba 24 13 6 5 38 20 13 7 3 3 16 8 11 6 3 2 22 12 18 45
3 San Lorenzo 24 11 10 3 22 9 13 8 5 0 12 0 11 3 5 3 10 9 13 43
4 Lanus 24 11 8 5 33 23 11 8 1 2 16 7 13 3 7 3 17 16 10 41
5 Defensa y Justicia 24 11 7 6 31 19 13 6 5 2 18 11 11 5 2 4 13 8 12 40
6 Estudiantes 24 10 9 5 27 19 13 6 5 2 18 10 11 4 4 3 9 9 8 39
7 Rosario Central 24 10 9 5 32 25 13 9 4 0 24 8 11 1 5 5 8 17 7 39
8 Godoy Cruz 24 10 7 7 31 26 11 7 3 1 21 9 13 3 4 6 10 17 5 37
9 Boca Juniors 24 10 5 9 26 22 13 7 3 3 17 9 11 3 2 6 9 13 4 35
10 Belgrano 24 10 5 9 20 21 11 6 3 2 12 7 13 4 2 7 8 14 -1 35
11 Argentinos Juniors 24 9 7 8 26 19 11 6 3 2 21 10 13 3 4 6 5 9 7 34
12 Newell's Old Boys 24 8 9 7 22 21 11 6 4 1 12 4 13 2 5 6 10 17 1 33
13 Racing Club 24 8 8 8 31 31 12 5 4 3 16 15 12 3 4 5 15 16 0 32
14 Platense 24 9 5 10 25 27 13 6 4 3 15 11 11 3 1 7 10 16 -2 32
15 Barracas Central 24 7 10 7 24 28 13 5 5 3 12 11 11 2 5 4 12 17 -4 31
16 Atletico Tucuman 24 7 9 8 22 27 12 5 4 3 14 13 12 2 5 5 8 14 -5 30
17 Central Cordoba SdE 24 7 8 9 19 24 12 5 2 5 9 8 12 2 6 4 10 16 -5 29
18 Sarmiento 24 7 7 10 22 22 11 4 3 4 15 12 13 3 4 6 7 10 0 28
19 Tigre 24 7 7 10 22 27 11 4 3 4 12 13 13 3 4 6 10 14 -5 28
20 Gimnasia La Plata 24 7 7 10 20 32 11 5 4 2 11 8 13 2 3 8 9 24 -12 28
21 Instituto 24 6 8 10 18 30 13 4 6 3 9 10 11 2 2 7 9 20 -12 26
22 Velez Sarsfield 24 5 10 9 23 25 13 3 8 2 16 11 11 2 2 7 7 14 -2 25
23 Independiente 24 5 10 9 22 29 12 4 4 4 15 15 12 1 6 5 7 14 -7 25
24 Colon 24 4 13 7 19 27 13 3 7 3 13 16 11 1 6 4 6 11 -8 25
25 Union Santa Fe 24 5 10 9 17 25 11 3 4 4 10 12 13 2 6 5 7 13 -8 25
26 Banfield 24 6 7 11 17 30 13 4 5 4 7 11 11 2 2 7 10 19 -13 25
27 Huracan 24 4 7 13 16 28 11 3 4 4 9 12 13 1 3 9 7 16 -12 19
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 24 5 3 16 16 32 11 4 1 6 11 15 13 1 2 10 5 17 -16 18

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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.