Can Godoy Cruz defeat Tigre in Estadio Feliciano Gambarte clash?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Tue 13.September
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Feliciano Gambarte

Godoy Cruz have been better than Tigre this season, but every fixture opens at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Godoy Cruz have the most points from losing position (17) in Superliga
  • Tigre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Tigre have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It's no vacation for neither Godoy Cruz nor Tigre 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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Godoy Cruz form and stats

Home games in the Superliga have been a walk in the park for Godoy Cruz so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

In their previous game, the manager Orsi led his Godoy Cruz to a defeat away at Central Cordoba SdE. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Feliciano Gambarte. The first defeat after collecting points through five league matches. Ojeda (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Ojeda hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

Before that, Godoy had a home game versus Arsenal de Sarandi which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Godoy Cruz perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Godoy Cruz as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Godoy Cruz has won 7 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Godoy Cruz are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Barracas Central awaits in four days.

The Godoy fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Godoy Cruz are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Feliciano Gambarte in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 8 matches.

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Tigre form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tigre so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Tigre delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Huracan (placed 3rd) in their previous match. Which player has scored four games in a row for the away side? The answer is Retegui and that is impressive stuff! Menossi got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. Menossi hit three key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Lanus.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Tigre in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Tigre, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

Tigre find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Tigre rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Godoy Cruz have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Tigre.

This happened when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; Godoy - Tigre 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

TigreM. Retegui
M. Retegui
16 goals
Godoy CruzM. Ojeda
M. Ojeda
12 goals
Godoy CruzE. Rodríguez Lima
E. Rodríguez Lima
11 goals

Godoy Cruz missing players

Tigre missing players

Godoy Cruz Tigre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 1 Played P 6 18 35
12 7 0 Won W 1 4 11
11 7 1 Drew D 1 6 14
9 1 0 Lost L 4 8 10
42 21 3 Scored S 9 22 45
41 14 3 Conceded C 15 28 40
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
81% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 78% 77%
47% 27% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 56% 43%
19% 13% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 14%
9% 13% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 9%
62% 53% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 60%
25% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 26%
19% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 28% 26%
 
5.5 5.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 4.8
5.3 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.9 4.4
2.6 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.9
11 5 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
13.7 14.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12.9 12.7
4.7 5.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.6 4.7
28% 26% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 27%
 
11.8 9.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 11.7 10
3.8 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.9 3.9
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Godoy Cruz have the most points from losing position (17) in Superliga
  • Tigre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Atletico Tucuman 18 9 7 2 20 9 9 6 3 0 14 3 9 3 4 2 6 6 11 34
2 Gimnasia La Plata 17 9 6 2 19 8 8 6 2 0 12 2 9 3 4 2 7 6 11 33
3 Huracan 18 8 8 2 22 13 8 5 2 1 12 4 10 3 6 1 10 9 9 32
4 Godoy Cruz 18 9 4 5 21 17 8 6 2 0 12 4 10 3 2 5 9 13 4 31
5 Argentinos Juniors 18 9 3 6 20 16 10 7 1 2 14 8 8 2 2 4 6 8 4 30
6 River Plate 17 8 5 4 27 14 8 5 1 2 13 6 9 3 4 2 14 8 13 29
7 Boca Juniors 17 9 2 6 23 22 9 6 1 2 16 12 8 3 1 4 7 10 1 29
8 Racing Club 18 7 7 4 24 15 9 5 3 1 16 6 9 2 4 3 8 9 9 28
9 Patronato 18 7 6 5 23 19 10 6 3 1 13 5 8 1 3 4 10 14 4 27
10 San Lorenzo 18 5 11 2 23 18 10 2 8 0 14 11 8 3 3 2 9 7 5 26
11 Platense 18 6 8 4 17 14 9 3 6 0 9 4 9 3 2 4 8 10 3 26
12 Estudiantes 18 7 5 6 17 17 10 6 3 1 12 7 8 1 2 5 5 10 0 26
13 Union Santa Fe 17 7 5 5 21 22 9 4 2 3 10 11 8 3 3 2 11 11 -1 26
14 Tigre 18 5 8 5 25 23 9 3 5 1 12 7 9 2 3 4 13 16 2 23
15 Newell's Old Boys 17 6 5 6 15 16 8 2 4 2 7 6 9 4 1 4 8 10 -1 23
16 Barracas Central 18 6 5 7 20 26 10 5 2 3 14 12 8 1 3 4 6 14 -6 23
17 Banfield 18 5 7 6 17 18 10 2 4 4 11 14 8 3 3 2 6 4 -1 22
18 Sarmiento 18 6 4 8 18 22 8 4 2 2 11 8 10 2 2 6 7 14 -4 22
19 Rosario Central 18 6 4 8 14 18 9 5 1 3 7 6 9 1 3 5 7 12 -4 22
20 Central Cordoba SdE 18 6 3 9 22 25 9 4 1 4 13 12 9 2 2 5 9 13 -3 21
21 Arsenal de Sarandi 17 3 10 4 16 18 8 2 5 1 8 8 9 1 5 3 8 10 -2 19
22 Defensa y Justicia 17 4 7 6 14 18 9 2 6 1 7 6 8 2 1 5 7 12 -4 19
23 Independiente 18 4 6 8 19 22 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 1 3 5 10 14 -3 18
24 Colon 18 4 6 8 15 22 9 3 3 3 10 12 9 1 3 5 5 10 -7 18
25 Talleres Cordoba 16 3 6 7 12 16 8 3 2 3 9 9 8 0 4 4 3 7 -4 15
26 Aldosivi 18 3 4 11 11 28 8 2 1 5 6 11 10 1 3 6 5 17 -17 13
27 Velez Sarsfield 17 1 9 7 17 23 8 1 4 3 7 8 9 0 5 4 10 15 -6 12
28 Lanus 18 2 5 11 15 28 8 2 3 3 9 10 10 0 2 8 6 18 -13 11

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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.