A demanding season for Rosario Central so far, and the same description fits Colón. The bottom dwellers hope for some crucial points here.
- Rosario Central have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Colón have won significantly less corners away then at home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Superliga game only four days ago.
Rosario Central form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Rosario Central at their home stadium (Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. When Rosario Central hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Sarmiento, Aldosivi, Lanus, Arsenal de Sarandi, Rosario Central, Velez Sarsfield, Estudiantes, Banfield and Union Santa Fe), they have won 3 of 7 matches! Rosario Central has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.
Rosario enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at River Plate's place. The match ended 2-1 with Veliz (2) scoring. What a relief, as that was the first league win after failing to win eight consecutive games. Rosario Central goalkeeper Servio did an outstanding job against River Plate with nine saves, so vital to securing the victory.
1-1 away at Atlético Tucumán before that.Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 13 league games, 10 have seen two goals or less.
Rosario Central aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre in the league, with only {10 goals} from 13 games. From these home matches, Rosario have conceded only 9 goals. Rosario Central has at home met teams with this table position (low), seven times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 6 of 7 times.
Colón form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Colón so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Colón are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Defensa y Justicia with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Rodríguez got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, top player of the team. Rodríguez scored one goal and hit seven key passes.
A 0-2 loss hosting Racing Club before that.The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Colón have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the results database show this recent game: Rosario Central - Colón 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rosario Central one win, seven draws and Colón two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Rodríguez 11 goals | R. Ábila 10 goals |  A. Véliz 8 goals |
Rosario Central missing players
Colón missing players
| Rosario Central | Colón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 40 | 20 | 7 | Played | P | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 39 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 41 |
| 47 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 54 |
| 88% | 90% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 62% | 50% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 68% | 72% |
| 40% | 35% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 32% | 48% |
| 18% | 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 16% | 22% |
| 2% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 5% | 2% |
| 48% | 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | 55% |
| 32% | 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | 18% |
| 32% | 30% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 47% | 38% |
| 5.8 | 7.3 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.7 | 11.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 9.4 | 11.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 23% | 23% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 40% | 31% |
| 10 | 8.4 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.8 | 15.4 | 13.7 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 5.1 | 5 |
- Colón have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rosario Central 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 | Racing Club | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 48 |
| 3 | Huracan | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 47 |
| 4 | Atlético Tucumán | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | River Plate | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 44 |
| 6 | Tigre | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | San Lorenzo | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| 9 | Argentinos Juniors | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 39 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 11 | Patronato | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 37 |
| 12 | Defensa y Justicia | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 37 |
| 13 | Godoy Cruz | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -2 | 35 |
| 14 | Independiente | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 15 | Barracas Central | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 33 |
| 16 | Talleres Cordoba | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 31 |
| 17 | Platense | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 31 |
| 19 | Rosario Central | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 31 |
| 20 | Sarmiento | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 31 |
| 21 | Union Santa Fe | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 31 |
| 22 | Estudiantes | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -14 | 30 |
| 23 | Banfield | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 29 |
| 24 | Colón | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 28 |
| 25 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 26 | Velez Sarsfield | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 25 |
| 27 | Lanus | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -18 | 20 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -29 | 16 |
