Having a home game feels safe and friendly for Gimnasia La Plata, but Boca Juniors are fully set and able to get all three points. What happens today?
- Boca Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
The complete Superliga stats at home this season for Gimnasia La Plata are 5-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Gimnasia La Plata hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like San Lorenzo, Talleres Cordoba, River Plate, Lanus, Defensa y Justicia, Rosario Central, Godoy Cruz and Estudiantes), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Gimnasia La Plata are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Atletico Tucuman. The first defeat after going undefeated through four league fixtures. Bazzi, defender, was given a rating of 7.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Bazzi hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.
Before that, Gimnasia La Plata drew at home versus Independiente.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
From these home matches, Gimnasia have conceded only 8 goals.
Boca Juniors form and stats
There's been little loot from Boca Juniors's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Superliga. Boca Juniors only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
Boca Juniors have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Sergio German Romero. It's been 295 minutes since they last conceded in Superliga.
Vázquez scored in Juniors's previous match, the home game against Huracan that ended 1-0. Midfield player Medina was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Medina served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).
A 0-0 draw at Union Santa Fe's stadium before that.Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's last 10 league matches have contained two goals or less.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa Argentina trip to Barracas Central.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Boca Juniors as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 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. 13 goals have been conceded by Juniors in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the former nine meetings): Gimnasia La Plata won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Boca Juniors got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / three. The games between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 9 sending-offs from the last nine encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Merentiel Serrano 6 goals |  C. Tarragona 5 goals | M. Payero 4 goals |
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Gimnasia La Plata | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| 32 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 83% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 88% |
| 67% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 45% | 50% |
| 33% | 18% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 45% | 38% |
| 25% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 33% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 27% | 33% |
| 33% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 42% |
| 50% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 55% | 38% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 12.6 | 13.5 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.2 | 12.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 22% | 22% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 29% |
| 13 | 10.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 13.3 | 11.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
- Boca Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Boca Juniors 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 |
