Football match betting preview: Unión Santa Fe vs Platense

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 15.Jul
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio 15 de Abril (22852 seats)

Superliga: Unión Santa Fe are 7 points short of Platense, but fully intend to go full force. Game on!

Insights:
  • Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Superliga
  • Platense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This promises to be an action-packed match with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Unión Santa Fe at their home stadium (Estadio 15 de Abril) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Unión Santa Fe haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 310 minutes ago. Zenón scored that one. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Sebastian Emanuel Moyano not having conceded a league goal in 252 minutes.

Unión Santa Fe drew their last game, 0-0 away at Talleres Córdoba (placed 2nd). Moyano, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.02 out of 10 in that game. Moyano topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Unión hosted Boca Juniors and drew the game 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Unión Santa Fe perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Unión Santa Fe as a small favourite), we find 22 games. Unión Santa Fe has won 8 of these, drawn 5 and lost 9.

It should be noted that a glance at the 11 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Unión Santa Fe aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio 15 de Abril in the league, with only {10 goals} from 11 games. On the other hand, Unión Santa Fe have conceded 12 goals. 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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Platense form and stats

Platense have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 3-1-7 (11 played).

Platense won their last game, 1-0 versus Sarmiento played at home. Midfield player Díaz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Díaz scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 53 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Godoy Cruz's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Platense playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 0 Platense wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Take note: 14 of the last 17 league matches involving this team have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Platense as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Platense have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Unión-Platense H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Unión Santa Fe five wins, Platense three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PlatenseN. Servetto
N. Servetto
6 goals
PlatenseN. Castro
N. Castro
4 goals
Unión Santa FeI. Machuca
I. Machuca
3 goals

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Platense missing players

Unión Santa Fe Platense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 11 24
5 3 0 Won W 3 3 9
10 4 1 Drew D 1 1 5
9 4 3 Lost L 0 7 10
17 10 1 Scored S 7 10 25
25 12 8 Conceded C 2 16 27
79% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
58% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 58%
21% 27% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 45% 38%
8% 9% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 17%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
33% 27% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 42%
42% 45% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 38%
46% 45% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 25%
 
5 6.2 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 4.4
4.5 3.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.6 4.7
2.4 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.2 2.6
5 3 3 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 14.5 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.8 11.4
3.8 5.1 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.6
19% 18% 4% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 27% 29%
 
13 10 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.8 12.1
3.7 2.9 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.8
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Platense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Platense haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Superliga
  • Unión Santa Fe 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 River Plate 24 17 3 4 42 15 11 10 0 1 21 5 13 7 3 3 21 10 27 54
2 Talleres Córdoba 24 13 6 5 38 20 13 7 3 3 16 8 11 6 3 2 22 12 18 45
3 San Lorenzo 24 11 10 3 22 9 13 8 5 0 12 0 11 3 5 3 10 9 13 43
4 Lanus 24 11 8 5 33 23 11 8 1 2 16 7 13 3 7 3 17 16 10 41
5 Defensa y Justicia 24 11 7 6 31 19 13 6 5 2 18 11 11 5 2 4 13 8 12 40
6 Estudiantes 24 10 9 5 27 19 13 6 5 2 18 10 11 4 4 3 9 9 8 39
7 Godoy Cruz 24 10 7 7 31 26 11 7 3 1 21 9 13 3 4 6 10 17 5 37
8 Rosario Central 23 9 9 5 30 25 12 8 4 0 22 8 11 1 5 5 8 17 5 36
9 Boca Juniors 24 10 5 9 26 22 13 7 3 3 17 9 11 3 2 6 9 13 4 35
10 Belgrano 24 10 5 9 20 21 11 6 3 2 12 7 13 4 2 7 8 14 -1 35
11 Argentinos Juniors 24 9 7 8 26 19 11 6 3 2 21 10 13 3 4 6 5 9 7 34
12 Racing Club 24 8 8 8 31 31 12 5 4 3 16 15 12 3 4 5 15 16 0 32
13 Platense 24 9 5 10 25 27 13 6 4 3 15 11 11 3 1 7 10 16 -2 32
14 Barracas Central 24 7 10 7 24 28 13 5 5 3 12 11 11 2 5 4 12 17 -4 31
15 Newell's Old Boys 23 7 9 7 20 21 11 6 4 1 12 4 12 1 5 6 8 17 -1 30
16 Central Cordoba SdE 23 7 8 8 19 22 12 5 2 5 9 8 11 2 6 3 10 14 -3 29
17 Sarmiento 24 7 7 10 22 22 11 4 3 4 15 12 13 3 4 6 7 10 0 28
18 Tigre 24 7 7 10 22 27 11 4 3 4 12 13 13 3 4 6 10 14 -5 28
19 Gimnasia La Plata 23 7 7 9 20 30 11 5 4 2 11 8 12 2 3 7 9 22 -10 28
20 Atletico Tucuman 23 6 9 8 20 27 11 4 4 3 12 13 12 2 5 5 8 14 -7 27
21 Instituto 24 6 8 10 18 30 13 4 6 3 9 10 11 2 2 7 9 20 -12 26
22 Velez Sarsfield 24 5 10 9 23 25 13 3 8 2 16 11 11 2 2 7 7 14 -2 25
23 Independiente 23 5 10 8 22 27 11 4 4 3 15 13 12 1 6 5 7 14 -5 25
24 Colon 24 4 13 7 19 27 13 3 7 3 13 16 11 1 6 4 6 11 -8 25
25 Unión Santa Fe 24 5 10 9 17 25 11 3 4 4 10 12 13 2 6 5 7 13 -8 25
26 Banfield 24 6 7 11 17 30 13 4 5 4 7 11 11 2 2 7 10 19 -13 25
27 Huracán 24 4 7 13 16 28 11 3 4 4 9 12 13 1 3 9 7 16 -12 19
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 24 5 3 16 16 32 11 4 1 6 11 15 13 1 2 10 5 17 -16 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.