Estudiantes vs Belgrano match preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 22.Jul
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi

The home side, Estudiantes, should be expected winners in this fixture, but Belgrano have shown both know-how and intrepidity. Learn more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Belgrano have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga

Estudiantes have less rest than Belgrano in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Barcelona, was also a home game here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi. The away team is better rested.

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Estudiantes form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Estudiantes have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 13 games. The Estudiantes fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi and will expect new points from this game. Estudiantes has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

Estudiantes's previous match was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at their home, ending 4-0 against Barcelona. The home side hope to to build on that result.

A Superliga defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at River Plate.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Estudiantes's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 11 league games, 9 have contained two goals or less.

There will be little rest for Estudiantes after this match as they are travelling to All Boys for a Copa Argentina game in only two days.

Estudiantes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Estudiantes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.

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Belgrano form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.

The attacking players of Belgrano have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 374 minutes.

The manager Farré was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Estadio Julio César Villagra. Belgrano suffered a 0-1 loss to San Lorenzo (placed 3rd). Zapelli, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.44. Zapelli hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 48 successful passes (of 57 total).

A 0-0 draw at Colon's stadium before that.

Lacking goals? 14 of this club's last 15 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Belgrano as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Belgrano have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the prior seven meetings): Estudiantes won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Belgrano got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five.

Top Goalscorers

BelgranoP. Vegetti Pfaffen
P. Vegetti Pfaffen
13 goals
EstudiantesM. Boselli
M. Boselli
6 goals
EstudiantesS. Ascacíbar
S. Ascacíbar
4 goals

Estudiantes missing players

Belgrano missing players

Estudiantes Belgrano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 6 Played P 3 13 25
10 6 2 Won W 0 4 10
9 5 4 Drew D 0 2 5
6 2 0 Lost L 3 7 10
28 18 10 Scored S 1 8 20
22 10 4 Conceded C 7 14 22
84% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 84%
64% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 54% 56%
32% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 23% 20%
8% 8% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 8% 8%
4% 8% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 8% 16%
40% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 46% 48%
28% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 62% 52%
 
5 5.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.2
4.4 3.9 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.7 5.2
2 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.8 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
14.1 14.2 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.6 10.8
4.4 4.3 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.5 3.7
26% 32% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 17% 22%
 
9.9 9.2 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 13.3 12.6
3 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 4.9 4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Belgrano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Belgrano have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
  • Estudiantes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Belgrano 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 25 18 3 4 45 16 12 11 0 1 24 6 13 7 3 3 21 10 29 57
2 Talleres Cordoba 25 14 6 5 39 20 13 7 3 3 16 8 12 7 3 2 23 12 19 48
3 San Lorenzo 25 12 10 3 23 9 13 8 5 0 12 0 12 4 5 3 11 9 14 46
4 Lanus 25 11 9 5 35 25 12 8 2 2 18 9 13 3 7 3 17 16 10 42
5 Defensa y Justicia 25 11 8 6 33 21 13 6 5 2 18 11 12 5 3 4 15 10 12 41
6 Rosario Central 25 10 10 5 33 26 13 9 4 0 24 8 12 1 6 5 9 18 7 40
7 Estudiantes 25 10 9 6 28 22 13 6 5 2 18 10 12 4 4 4 10 12 6 39
8 Boca Juniors 25 11 5 9 29 23 13 7 3 3 17 9 12 4 2 6 12 14 6 38
9 Godoy Cruz 25 10 8 7 33 28 12 7 4 1 23 11 13 3 4 6 10 17 5 38
10 Argentinos Juniors 25 10 7 8 27 19 12 7 3 2 22 10 13 3 4 6 5 9 8 37
11 Belgrano 25 10 5 10 20 22 12 6 3 3 12 8 13 4 2 7 8 14 -2 35
12 Newell's Old Boys 25 8 10 7 22 21 12 6 5 1 12 4 13 2 5 6 10 17 1 34
13 Barracas Central 25 8 10 7 25 28 13 5 5 3 12 11 12 3 5 4 13 17 -3 34
14 Racing Club 25 8 9 8 32 32 13 5 5 3 17 16 12 3 4 5 15 16 0 33
15 Platense 25 9 6 10 25 27 13 6 4 3 15 11 12 3 2 7 10 16 -2 33
16 Atletico Tucuman 25 7 10 8 22 27 12 5 4 3 14 13 13 2 6 5 8 14 -5 31
17 Sarmiento 25 7 8 10 23 23 12 4 4 4 16 13 13 3 4 6 7 10 0 29
18 Central Cordoba SdE 25 7 8 10 19 25 13 5 2 6 9 9 12 2 6 4 10 16 -6 29
19 Instituto 25 7 8 10 20 30 13 4 6 3 9 10 12 3 2 7 11 20 -10 29
20 Independiente 25 6 10 9 23 29 12 4 4 4 15 15 13 2 6 5 8 14 -6 28
21 Tigre 25 7 7 11 22 28 12 4 3 5 12 14 13 3 4 6 10 14 -6 28
22 Gimnasia La Plata 25 7 7 11 21 35 12 5 4 3 12 11 13 2 3 8 9 24 -14 28
23 Velez Sarsfield 25 5 11 9 24 26 13 3 8 2 16 11 12 2 3 7 8 15 -2 26
24 Union Santa Fe 25 5 11 9 17 25 12 3 5 4 10 12 13 2 6 5 7 13 -8 26
25 Banfield 25 6 8 11 19 32 13 4 5 4 7 11 12 2 3 7 12 21 -13 26
26 Colon 25 4 13 8 19 28 13 3 7 3 13 16 12 1 6 5 6 12 -9 25
27 Huracan 25 4 7 14 16 29 12 3 4 5 9 13 13 1 3 9 7 16 -13 19
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 25 5 3 17 16 34 12 4 1 7 11 17 13 1 2 10 5 17 -18 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.