The host team, Rosario Central, should be the favourites in this game, but Central Cordoba SdE have revealed both smartness and bravery. Read more about the fixture!
- Rosario Central have the most points from losing position (10) in Superliga
- Rosario Central have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Central Cordoba SdE have scored away.
It's quite the trip for Central Cordoba SdE when visiting Rosario as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Central Cordoba SdE could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Superliga game only four sleeps ago.
Rosario Central form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre as Rosario Central have scored 22 goals to get 28 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 8-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Stress levels are on the rise for Rosario Central's attacking players as they have now played 214 minutes without scoring in a league game. Véliz was their last goal scorer.
The spoils were shared in Rosario Central's previous game, also at home. Visiting Estudiantes (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. A painful moment in the game against Estudiantes was the missed penalty kick from Malcorra in the 56th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Campaz (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Campaz hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times.
Heartbreak before that as Rosario lost 0-1 at San Lorenzo's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rosario Central have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Rosario are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Racing Club awaits in four days.
The Rosario Central fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. Rosario Central have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Central Cordoba SdE form and stats
The visitors are W2-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. Central Cordoba SdE has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?
Impressive finishing from Gamba and Goñi secured the home win 2-0 against Newell's Old Boys in their previous game. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league rounds without winning. Goalkeeper Mansilla was absolutely vital in the Central victory against Newell's Old Boys, making six saves. Mansilla was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.81. The agile goalkeeper Mansilla topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Estudiantes that ended 1-1.Central Cordoba SdE are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 7 draws and 11 defeats. From a total of 24 matches.
Low on goals? 11 of this team's most recent 13 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Independiente in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Central Cordoba SdE as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Central have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (Rosario Central wins - draws - Central Cordoba SdE wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Véliz 8 goals |  L. Gamba 5 goals | V. Malcorra 4 goals |
Rosario Central missing players
Central Cordoba SdE missing players
| Rosario Central | Central Cordoba SdE | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 30 | 22 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 25 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 22 |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 87% |
| 65% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 61% |
| 48% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 17% |
| 35% | 33% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 13% |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 26% |
| 39% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 39% |
| 30% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 15.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.9 | 12.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 31% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 30% | 24% |
| 14.2 | 12.9 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.8 | 17.2 | 16 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- Central Cordoba SdE have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rosario Central have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rosario Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rosario Central have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rosario Central have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Central Cordoba SdE have scored away.
- Rosario Central have the most points from losing position (10) in Superliga
- Rosario Central have the most scored goals (22) at home in Superliga
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 27 | 53 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Lanus | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Estudiantes | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Godoy Cruz | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | Belgrano | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 33 |
| 11 | Boca Juniors | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 12 | Racing Club | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 31 |
| 13 | Newell's Old Boys | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 14 | Barracas Central | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Platense | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Central Cordoba SdE | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 29 |
| 17 | Sarmiento | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 18 | Gimnasia La Plata | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 19 | Atlético Tucumán | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 27 |
| 20 | Instituto | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 21 | Independiente | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 22 | Tigre | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 23 | Velez Sarsfield | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 24 | Colon | 23 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 24 |
| 25 | Union Santa Fe | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 24 |
| 26 | Banfield | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 24 |
| 27 | Huracan | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 17 |
