Unión Santa Fe - Vélez Sarsfield. 7th position versus 25th position. Everything can happen - get a thorough match preview here!
Vélez Sarsfield could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only three sleeps ago.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
Unión Santa Fe have played 5 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Unión Santa Fe's last game was hosting Godoy Cruz (placed 5th) and winning 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Vera when Zenón scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute.
2-2 away at San Lorenzo before that.This is expected to be a close game, with Unión 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 18 games. Unión Santa Fe has won 8 of these, drawn 6 and lost 4.
Betting people might want to know that 10 of the latest 12 league matches from this club have had at least one goal from each team.
Unión Santa Fe are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vélez Sarsfield so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-2 (win-draw-lose).
The club members enjoyed Vélez Sarsfield's previous game versus Talleres Córdoba, a Copa Libertadores win (3-2) played at home. Janson got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. Janson scored two goals and hit the woodwork once.
Ahead of that match was the Superliga away draw versus Godoy Cruz that ended 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vélez Sarsfield playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Vélez Sarsfield wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Will both teams score at least one goal each? This club's most recent fixtures suggest that, having completed 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each team.
Sarsfield have another game away in just four nights, a Copa Libertadores fixture against Talleres Córdoba. A hard programme for the visitors!
In the opposite end, Vélez Sarsfield have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Unión Santa Fe two wins, zero draws and Vélez Sarsfield five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Janson 8 goals |   J. Alvez Sagar 5 goals | D. Juárez 3 goals |
Unión Santa Fe missing players
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| Unión Santa Fe | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Played | P | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 29 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 26 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 85% | 84% |
| 62% | 58% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 68% |
| 62% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 28% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 54% | 52% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 15% | 24% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 40% |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 12.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.3 | 11.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 27% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 20% | 25% |
| 11.8 | 10 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 9.7 | 10.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Argentinos Juniors | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Godoy Cruz | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Platense | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Unión Santa Fe | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Patronato | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Huracan | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Newell's Old Boys | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | River Plate | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Boca Juniors | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Banfield | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | Defensa y Justicia | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Sarmiento | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 17 | Rosario Central | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 | Tigre | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 20 | Colon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 21 | Barracas Central | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 22 | Estudiantes | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 23 | Independiente | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 24 | Central Cordoba SdE | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 25 | Vélez Sarsfield | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 26 | Talleres Córdoba | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 27 | Aldosivi | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 28 | Lanus | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
