Superliga preview: Can Talleres Córdoba edge out victory against Sarmiento?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes (57000 seats)

Talleres Córdoba hope to sell many tickets for this match despite that the season has been rough up to now with 8 points and a 14th position in the Superliga table. Opponents Sarmiento are in 7th place with 21 pts.

Insights:
  • Talleres Córdoba have the fewest scored goals (8) in Superliga
  • Sarmiento have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Superliga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Talleres Córdoba and Sarmiento.

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Talleres Córdoba form and stats

Talleres Córdoba, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Superliga, have played 6 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home supporters witnessed a 2-2 draw versus Flamengo in the Copa Libertadores last time out and are looking for a win here. The versatile forward Girotti outperformed all teammates in that match and got a match rating of 7.3 out of 10. Girotti hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Atletico Tucuman in the Superliga.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Talleres handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and one defeat.

Talleres Córdoba aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Sarmiento form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The attacking players of Sarmiento have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 225 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Copa Argentina home defeat versus Flandria with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

The game before that, in the Superliga, was lost at home, a 0-7 defeat against River Plate.

We have checked recent matches where Sarmiento have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, three draws and three defeats.

As for defending, Sarmiento rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last six meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Talleres, two draws and one win for Sarmiento. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

SarmientoJ. Torres
J. Torres
5 goals
SarmientoJ. Brea
J. Brea
3 goals
Talleres CórdobaD. Valoyes Ruíz
D. Valoyes Ruíz
2 goals

Talleres Córdoba missing players

Sarmiento missing players

Talleres Córdoba Sarmiento
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 6 13
2 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
9 3 0 Lost L 1 3 4
8 5 0 Scored S 1 6 17
21 9 0 Conceded C 2 9 23
85% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
54% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 77%
54% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 69%
15% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
46% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 62%
23% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 23%
46% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 23%
 
3.8 3.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.2 3.9
4.5 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 8.8 7.2
2.8 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.7 3.2
6 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8 10.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 7.5 9.8
2.5 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3.8
25% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 35% 34%
 
10.9 8.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 21.5 19.2 16.7
4.9 4.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.8 6
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sarmiento have scored more than double the goals of Talleres Córdoba.
  • Sarmiento have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Superliga
  • Sarmiento have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Superliga
  • Sarmiento have the most points from losing position (8) in Superliga
  • Sarmiento have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Talleres Córdoba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Talleres Córdoba have the fewest scored goals (8) 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 Racing Club 13 8 5 0 24 9 7 4 3 0 10 2 6 4 2 0 14 7 15 29
2 River Plate 13 8 2 3 29 11 6 3 2 1 15 7 7 5 0 2 14 4 18 26
3 Newell's Old Boys 13 7 2 4 16 12 7 5 0 2 11 5 6 2 2 2 5 7 4 23
4 Defensa y Justicia 13 6 4 3 25 19 6 1 4 1 9 9 7 5 0 2 16 10 6 22
5 Argentinos Juniors 13 6 4 3 19 15 6 3 2 1 7 3 7 3 2 2 12 12 4 22
6 Gimnasia La Plata 13 6 3 4 21 19 6 3 2 1 8 7 7 3 1 3 13 12 2 21
7 Sarmiento 13 6 3 4 17 23 7 4 2 1 11 14 6 2 1 3 6 9 -6 21
8 Banfield 13 5 3 5 17 14 6 2 1 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 7 6 3 18
9 Union Santa Fe 13 5 2 6 10 11 7 5 0 2 8 5 6 0 2 4 2 6 -1 17
10 San Lorenzo 13 3 5 5 14 16 6 0 3 3 7 10 7 3 2 2 7 6 -2 14
11 Atletico Tucuman 13 2 4 7 12 22 7 2 1 4 9 13 6 0 3 3 3 9 -10 10
12 Platense 13 2 4 7 11 21 7 2 1 4 5 8 6 0 3 3 6 13 -10 10
13 Patronato 13 3 1 9 10 24 7 1 1 5 4 13 6 2 0 4 6 11 -14 10
14 Talleres Córdoba 13 2 2 9 8 21 6 2 1 3 5 9 7 0 1 6 3 12 -13 8

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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.