Rosario Central vs Godoy Cruz match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre (41654 seats)

Rosario Central look forward to fight against Godoy Cruz in this Superliga match. Everything you must learn about the fixture is located right here!

Insights:
  • Rosario Central have the most points from losing position (4) in Superliga

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Godoy Cruz, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Rosario Central form and stats

As mentioned below, Rosario Central are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Superliga games.

The followers are hoping that Rosario will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Lanus (placed 1st). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league fixtures.

Before that, Rosario Central had a home game versus Arsenal de Sarandi which ended with a victory 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rosario Central have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 7 and lost 3.

Early season league goal statistics from Rosario Central's 2 home games: {3 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Godoy Cruz form and stats

Godoy Cruz are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Superliga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Godoy are looking to quickly end their 184 minutes long goal drought in the Superliga.

Godoy Cruz failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Estudiantes (placed 21st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfield player Conechny was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.14/10. Conechny dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against San Lorenzo wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Godoy Cruz in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Godoy Cruz, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Godoy Cruz has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Rosario won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Godoy Cruz managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three. The games between these sides have sometimes been "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Rosario CentralJ. Candia Hernández
J. Candia Hernández
2 goals
Rosario CentralJ. Komar
J. Komar
1 goals
Rosario CentralA. Véliz
A. Véliz
1 goals

Rosario Central missing players

Godoy Cruz missing players

Rosario Central Godoy Cruz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 3 0 Scored S 0 1 2
6 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
4 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6.2
4.8 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.5 2
2.8 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 14
5.8 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 1.2
22% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 40%
 
16.5 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 9.2
7.8 5.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.2
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Rosario Central have the most points from losing position (4) in Superliga
Rosario Central Last season Godoy Cruz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 1   Played P   4 7
0 0   Won W   0 1
0 0   Drew D   1 2
1 1   Lost L   3 4
1 1   Scored S   5 6
3 3   Conceded C   13 16
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 86%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 71%
100% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 57%
100% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   75% 43%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   50% 29%
100% 100%   BTTS BTTS   100% 57%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 29%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 29%
 
4 4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.7
5 5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 6.3
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2.6
2 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11 11   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 8.1
3 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 3.1
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 27%
 
9 9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 11
4 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lanus 4 4 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 7 12
2 Huracan 4 3 1 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 5 10
3 River Plate 4 3 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 9
4 Newell's Old Boys 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
5 Rosario Central 4 2 1 1 5 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -1 7
6 Belgrano 4 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 -1 7
7 Argentinos Juniors 4 2 0 2 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 6
8 Talleres Cordoba 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 6
9 Defensa y Justicia 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
10 San Lorenzo 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
11 Godoy Cruz 4 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
12 Racing Club 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 5
13 Platense 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
14 Tigre 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 5
15 Instituto 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
16 Velez Sarsfield 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
17 Sarmiento 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
18 Independiente 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
19 Boca Juniors 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
20 Barracas Central 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 -1 4
21 Estudiantes 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 4
22 Gimnasia La Plata 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 4
23 Union Santa Fe 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 2
24 Banfield 4 0 2 2 2 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 2
25 Atletico Tucuman 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
26 Central Cordoba SdE 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
27 Arsenal de Sarandi 4 0 1 3 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -5 1
28 Colon 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0

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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.