Can San Lorenzo defeat Rosario Central in Estadio Pedro Bidegaín clash?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Pedro Bidegaín

San Lorenzo host Rosario Central with faith in taking all three points. Will they? Read our match preview!

San Lorenzo and Rosario Central should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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San Lorenzo form and stats

San Lorenzo have collected 12 points from their Superliga home games so far after 2-6-0.

A good away victory last time out for Lorenzo, who won 2-1 against Racing Club (placed 7th). The victory against Racing Club came after Vombergar's winning goal. The San Lorenzo manager Insúa was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. Vombergar, an attacker, was the declared top player for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 8.6 (out of 10). Vombergar scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match, Lorenzo won a home game hosting Platense (2-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does San Lorenzo handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Some stats: A review of the 22 latest league games shows that 17 of them had at least one goal from each team.

The Lorenzo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Rosario Central form and stats

There's been little loot from Rosario Central's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Superliga. Rosario Central only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Infantino was the last player to score for the away team. Rosario Central haven't scored a league goal in the last 183 minutes.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Banfield with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Cortez, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Cortez hit one key pass and won 13 of 16 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Boca Juniors.

Rosario Central are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Highlight this: 12 of the latest 15 league games featuring this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rosario as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Rosario Central have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - three - three (Lorenzo wins - draws - Rosario Central wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

San LorenzoA. Bareiro Gamarra
A. Bareiro Gamarra
8 goals
Rosario CentralA. Véliz
A. Véliz
5 goals
San LorenzoF. Gattoni
F. Gattoni
3 goals

San Lorenzo missing players

Rosario Central missing players

San Lorenzo Rosario Central
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 3 Played P 4 14 29
8 2 0 Won W 0 2 9
14 10 2 Drew D 1 3 5
7 3 1 Lost L 3 9 15
36 20 5 Scored S 2 10 27
33 20 6 Conceded C 6 20 35
86% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 90%
72% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 59%
41% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 45%
17% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
10% 13% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
66% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 38%
28% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 34%
21% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 38%
 
4.6 5.4 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.7
5 4.9 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.8 4
2.3 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.1 2.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.1 11.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 10.2 10.5
4.1 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 3.8
30% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 19% 24%
 
11.7 11.3 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.1 9.1
4.2 4.5 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.9 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Tucuman 14 8 5 1 14 6 7 5 2 0 10 3 7 3 3 1 4 3 8 29
2 Gimnasia La Plata 14 8 4 2 16 7 6 5 1 0 9 1 8 3 3 2 7 6 9 28
3 Huracan 15 7 6 2 18 11 7 4 2 1 10 4 8 3 4 1 8 7 7 27
4 Argentinos Juniors 14 8 2 4 18 12 8 6 1 1 12 5 6 2 1 3 6 7 6 26
5 River Plate 15 7 4 4 24 13 7 4 1 2 11 6 8 3 3 2 13 7 11 25
6 Godoy Cruz 15 7 4 4 18 13 7 5 2 0 11 4 8 2 2 4 7 9 5 25
7 Racing Club 15 6 6 3 22 13 8 4 3 1 15 6 7 2 3 2 7 7 9 24
8 San Lorenzo 15 5 8 2 21 16 8 2 6 0 12 9 7 3 2 2 9 7 5 23
9 Boca Juniors 15 7 2 6 19 20 8 5 1 2 14 11 7 2 1 4 5 9 -1 23
10 Patronato 14 6 4 4 22 18 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 1 3 3 10 13 4 22
11 Platense 15 5 7 3 15 13 8 3 5 0 9 4 7 2 2 3 6 9 2 22
12 Union Santa Fe 14 6 3 5 20 22 7 3 1 3 9 11 7 3 2 2 11 11 -2 21
13 Newell's Old Boys 15 5 5 5 13 14 7 2 4 1 6 4 8 3 1 4 7 10 -1 20
14 Estudiantes 15 5 4 6 15 17 8 4 3 1 10 7 7 1 1 5 5 10 -2 19
15 Tigre 15 4 6 5 21 20 7 3 3 1 10 5 8 1 3 4 11 15 1 18
16 Arsenal de Sarandi 15 3 9 3 15 16 7 2 4 1 7 7 8 1 5 2 8 9 -1 18
17 Banfield 15 4 6 5 14 15 8 1 4 3 8 11 7 3 2 2 6 4 -1 18
18 Sarmiento 15 5 3 7 16 20 7 4 1 2 11 8 8 1 2 5 5 12 -4 18
19 Colon 15 4 6 5 13 17 8 3 3 2 9 10 7 1 3 3 4 7 -4 18
20 Rosario Central 15 5 3 7 11 15 8 4 1 3 6 6 7 1 2 4 5 9 -4 18
21 Barracas Central 14 4 5 5 17 20 8 3 2 3 11 12 6 1 3 2 6 8 -3 17
22 Central Cordoba SdE 15 5 2 8 17 21 7 3 0 4 8 10 8 2 2 4 9 11 -4 17
23 Defensa y Justicia 15 3 6 6 12 17 8 2 5 1 7 6 7 1 1 5 5 11 -5 15
24 Talleres Cordoba 14 3 5 6 11 14 7 3 1 3 8 8 7 0 4 3 3 6 -3 14
25 Independiente 15 3 5 7 14 18 7 2 2 3 5 7 8 1 3 4 9 11 -4 14
26 Velez Sarsfield 15 1 8 6 16 21 7 1 4 2 7 7 8 0 4 4 9 14 -5 11
27 Aldosivi 14 3 2 9 10 23 7 2 1 4 5 9 7 1 1 5 5 14 -13 11
28 Lanus 15 2 4 9 12 22 7 2 3 2 8 8 8 0 1 7 4 14 -10 10

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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.