Soccer betting preview: Gimnasia La Plata welcomes Estudiantes in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo (35000 seats)

Gimnasia La Plata delivered a 0-4 result vs River Plate last fixture, a match to learn from. Next up is this strong Estudiantes team.

Insights:
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the most conceded goals (13) in Superliga
  • Estudiantes have not yet lost a game away.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

The visiting Estudiantes played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Libertadores match.

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Gimnasia La Plata form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Gimnasia La Plata's two home games in the Superliga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo.

Gimnasia faced defeat in their previous match, away at River Plate (0-4). Attacking player Tarragona bested all the other players in that match and was awarded a match rating of 6.83 out of 10. Tarragona hit one key pass.

In the match before that, Gimnasia La Plata hosted Argentinos Juniors and drew the game 2-2.

Gimnasia La Plata has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Estudiantes form and stats

Four points from two away games for Estudiantes, meaning one draw and one victory in the Superliga so far.

Defender Rogel was the best team player with a rating of 8.61. Rogel scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

A loss against Boca Juniors was the result prior to that, in a Superliga home game.

Estudiantes have the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - five - five (Gimnasia La Plata wins - draws - Estudiantes wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

EstudiantesL. Díaz
L. Díaz
4 goals
EstudiantesM. Boselli
M. Boselli
4 goals
GimnasiaC. Tarragona
C. Tarragona
2 goals

Gimnasia La Plata missing players

Estudiantes missing players

Gimnasia La Plata Estudiantes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 2 0 Played P 0 2 6
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 3 0 Scored S 0 4 11
13 2 0 Conceded C 0 3 8
83% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 83%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
67% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 83%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
5 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.5 5.3
5.2 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 6.8
3.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.8 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.5 10.5
5.3 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.2
16% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 44%
 
13 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.5 9.5
4.5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of Estudiantes's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Estudiantes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Estudiantes have not yet lost a game away.
  • Estudiantes have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Estudiantes have scored more than double the goals of Gimnasia La Plata.
  • Estudiantes have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Estudiantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the most conceded goals (13) in Superliga
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga
  • Gimnasia La Plata have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have won significantly more corners at home than 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 6 4 1 1 13 4 3 2 1 0 10 3 3 2 0 1 3 1 9 13
2 Defensa y Justicia 6 4 1 1 13 10 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 3 0 1 8 6 3 13
3 Union Santa Fe 6 4 1 1 6 3 4 4 0 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 13
4 Racing Club 6 3 3 0 12 4 3 2 1 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 8 4 8 12
5 Sarmiento 6 3 2 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 11
6 Newell's Old Boys 6 3 1 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 4 6 1 10
7 Banfield 6 2 2 2 10 7 3 1 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 8
8 Argentinos Juniors 6 2 2 2 7 7 3 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 3 5 0 8
9 Platense 6 2 1 3 6 6 4 2 0 2 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 7
10 San Lorenzo 6 1 2 3 5 7 2 0 0 2 3 5 4 1 2 1 2 2 -2 5
11 Gimnasia La Plata 6 1 2 3 5 13 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 0 1 3 2 11 -8 5
12 Patronato 6 1 1 4 3 8 3 0 1 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 6 -5 4
13 Atletico Tucuman 6 1 1 4 3 12 3 1 1 1 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 6 -9 4
14 Talleres Cordoba 6 0 2 4 1 5 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 -4 2

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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.