Superliga match prediction: Little separates San Lorenzo and Argentinos Juniors in quality

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 22.Jul
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Pedro Bidegaín

The team playing at home, San Lorenzo, should be favourites in this fixture, but Argentinos Juniors have shown both talent and intrepidity. Learn more about the game!

Insights:
  • San Lorenzo have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Superliga
  • Argentinos Juniors have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

The hosts Lorenzo saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa Sudamericana. This match was also played here at Estadio Pedro Bidegaín. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Argentinos Juniors have had more rest.

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San Lorenzo form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 13 Superliga games here at Estadio Pedro Bidegaín for San Lorenzo. The data says 8 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses.

San Lorenzo are confident in defense, having played 249 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Lorenzo's previous fixture was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at their home, finishing 2-0 vs Independiente Medellin. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.

In the game before, an away victory in the Superliga match versus Belgrano with a 1-0 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with San Lorenzo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with San Lorenzo as a small favourite), we find 13 games. San Lorenzo has won 4 of these, drawn 7 and lost 2.

It should be added that a peek at the 15 most recent league matches reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The match schedule is unforgiving for San Lorenzo as they have a new game in only three days, a Copa Argentina match thankfully also at home. Platense are visiting.

Lorenzo have scored {12 league goals} here from 13 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Argentinos Juniors so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Argentinos Juniors goalkeeper Alexis Martin Arias is eager to challenge this, with his 292 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Ávalos secured the home win 1-0 against Colon in their previous game. Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory. Arias (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.31. Arias saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Argentinos travelled to Barracas Central and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Argentinos Juniors playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Argentinos Juniors win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Low on goals? 8 of this team's last 10 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Argentinos manager Milito as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Patronato.

Goals are few and far between in Argentinos Juniors's away league games. Only {5 goals} from 13 travels. Argentinos are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for San Lorenzo, four draws and three wins for Argentinos Juniors. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

Argentinos JuniorsG. Ávalos Stumpfs
G. Ávalos Stumpfs
12 goals
San LorenzoA. Bareiro Gamarra
A. Bareiro Gamarra
5 goals

San Lorenzo missing players

Argentinos Juniors missing players

San Lorenzo Argentinos Juniors
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 2 Played P 4 13 25
12 8 1 Won W 0 3 10
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 7
3 0 0 Lost L 3 6 8
23 12 1 Scored S 1 5 27
9 0 0 Conceded C 4 9 19
72% 62% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 69% 80%
32% 15% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 23% 40%
16% 8% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 15% 32%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
24% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 15% 28%
68% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 46% 48%
36% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 69% 44%
 
4.8 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 5.2
4 2.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.7 4.2
2.5 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 2.2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
11.1 11.5 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 11.8 14.8
3.6 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 4.8
26% 24% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 5% 9% 22%
 
10.4 8.6 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.4 9.7
3.2 2.2 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3 3
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Argentinos Juniors have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga
  • Argentinos Juniors have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • San Lorenzo have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
  • San Lorenzo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • San Lorenzo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • San Lorenzo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argentinos Juniors have scored away.
  • San Lorenzo have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo have the most clean sheets (13) at home in Superliga
  • San Lorenzo have the most clean sheets (17) 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 25 18 3 4 45 16 12 11 0 1 24 6 13 7 3 3 21 10 29 57
2 Talleres Cordoba 25 14 6 5 39 20 13 7 3 3 16 8 12 7 3 2 23 12 19 48
3 San Lorenzo 25 12 10 3 23 9 13 8 5 0 12 0 12 4 5 3 11 9 14 46
4 Lanus 25 11 9 5 35 25 12 8 2 2 18 9 13 3 7 3 17 16 10 42
5 Defensa y Justicia 25 11 8 6 33 21 13 6 5 2 18 11 12 5 3 4 15 10 12 41
6 Rosario Central 25 10 10 5 33 26 13 9 4 0 24 8 12 1 6 5 9 18 7 40
7 Estudiantes 25 10 9 6 28 22 13 6 5 2 18 10 12 4 4 4 10 12 6 39
8 Boca Juniors 25 11 5 9 29 23 13 7 3 3 17 9 12 4 2 6 12 14 6 38
9 Godoy Cruz 25 10 8 7 33 28 12 7 4 1 23 11 13 3 4 6 10 17 5 38
10 Argentinos Juniors 25 10 7 8 27 19 12 7 3 2 22 10 13 3 4 6 5 9 8 37
11 Belgrano 25 10 5 10 20 22 12 6 3 3 12 8 13 4 2 7 8 14 -2 35
12 Newell's Old Boys 25 8 10 7 22 21 12 6 5 1 12 4 13 2 5 6 10 17 1 34
13 Barracas Central 25 8 10 7 25 28 13 5 5 3 12 11 12 3 5 4 13 17 -3 34
14 Racing Club 25 8 9 8 32 32 13 5 5 3 17 16 12 3 4 5 15 16 0 33
15 Platense 25 9 6 10 25 27 13 6 4 3 15 11 12 3 2 7 10 16 -2 33
16 Atletico Tucuman 25 7 10 8 22 27 12 5 4 3 14 13 13 2 6 5 8 14 -5 31
17 Sarmiento 25 7 8 10 23 23 12 4 4 4 16 13 13 3 4 6 7 10 0 29
18 Central Cordoba SdE 25 7 8 10 19 25 13 5 2 6 9 9 12 2 6 4 10 16 -6 29
19 Instituto 25 7 8 10 20 30 13 4 6 3 9 10 12 3 2 7 11 20 -10 29
20 Independiente 25 6 10 9 23 29 12 4 4 4 15 15 13 2 6 5 8 14 -6 28
21 Tigre 25 7 7 11 22 28 12 4 3 5 12 14 13 3 4 6 10 14 -6 28
22 Gimnasia La Plata 25 7 7 11 21 35 12 5 4 3 12 11 13 2 3 8 9 24 -14 28
23 Velez Sarsfield 25 5 11 9 24 26 13 3 8 2 16 11 12 2 3 7 8 15 -2 26
24 Union Santa Fe 25 5 11 9 17 25 12 3 5 4 10 12 13 2 6 5 7 13 -8 26
25 Banfield 25 6 8 11 19 32 13 4 5 4 7 11 12 2 3 7 12 21 -13 26
26 Colon 25 4 13 8 19 28 13 3 7 3 13 16 12 1 6 5 6 12 -9 25
27 Huracan 25 4 7 14 16 29 12 3 4 5 9 13 13 1 3 9 7 16 -13 19
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 25 5 3 17 16 34 12 4 1 7 11 17 13 1 2 10 5 17 -18 18

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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.