Football preview: Vélez Sarsfield vs Arsenal de Sarandi - predictions and stats

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 01.Jul
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio José Amalfitani (45540 seats)

Keep working on their own playing style or focus more on the opposition? Both Vélez Sarsfield and Arsenal de Sarandi must try something different than earlier. Read more!

Insights:
  • Vélez Sarsfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arsenal de Sarandi have the fewest points (4) away in Superliga

Both squads have had enough rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an energetic match!

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Vélez Sarsfield form and stats

Vélez Sarsfield have played 11 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-7-2 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Vélez Sarsfield are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The club members are hoping that Sarsfield will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Tigre (placed 17th). Fernández (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Fernández hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

Heartbreak before that as Vélez Sarsfield lost 1-2 at Racing Club's place.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sarsfield as they are travelling to their away game against San Martín San Juan in the Copa Argentina. That match is four days after this one.

Vélez Sarsfield has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Sarsfield have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Vélez Sarsfield has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Arsenal de Sarandi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arsenal de Sarandi so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-9 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Arsenal de Sarandi as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Argentinos Juniors match.

Arsenal aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 245 league minutes without a goal. Pombo was the last player to find the net.

The manager Baudena was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona. Arsenal de Sarandi suffered a 0-2 loss to Platense (placed 12th). Cardozo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.63. Cardozo won 10 of 11 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Talleres Cordoba before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Arsenal when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 10 matches with the visitors losing 7 times, drawing 3 and winning 0 games.

Arsenal de Sarandi are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {5 goals} from 11 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Arsenal in these games.

Head 2 Head

Vélez Sarsfield have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (1-4-0) when facing Arsenal de Sarandi.

The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 6 red cards from the last eight encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Vélez SarsfieldL. Janson
L. Janson
4 goals
Arsenal de SarandiS. Toloza
S. Toloza
4 goals
Vélez SarsfieldJ. Fernández
J. Fernández
3 goals

Vélez Sarsfield missing players

Arsenal de Sarandi missing players

Vélez Sarsfield Arsenal de Sarandi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 2 11 21
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
9 7 3 Drew D 0 1 2
9 2 0 Lost L 2 9 14
20 14 3 Scored S 1 5 15
24 10 3 Conceded C 3 16 29
76% 64% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 55% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 62%
43% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 38%
19% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
5% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
48% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 38%
29% 45% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
48% 45% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 64% 52%
 
4 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.3 3.8
4.9 5.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.6 5.1
2.2 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.4 10.8 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.7 9.3
3.3 3.8 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 2.8
29% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 17% 25%
 
11.4 11.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.8 15.5
3.8 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.7 5.3
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Arsenal de Sarandi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Arsenal de Sarandi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Arsenal de Sarandi have the fewest points (4) away in Superliga
  • Arsenal de Sarandi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vélez Sarsfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vélez Sarsfield have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Arsenal de Sarandi have scored 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 21 16 2 3 39 13 10 9 0 1 19 5 11 7 2 2 20 8 26 50
2 Talleres Cordoba 21 12 4 5 36 19 11 7 1 3 15 7 10 5 3 2 21 12 17 40
3 San Lorenzo 21 10 8 3 20 8 11 7 4 0 11 0 10 3 4 3 9 8 12 38
4 Lanus 21 10 7 4 30 20 10 8 1 1 16 6 11 2 6 3 14 14 10 37
5 Estudiantes 21 10 6 5 26 18 11 6 3 2 17 9 10 4 3 3 9 9 8 36
6 Rosario Central 21 9 8 4 30 24 11 8 3 0 22 8 10 1 5 4 8 16 6 35
7 Belgrano 21 10 4 7 20 18 10 6 3 1 12 5 11 4 1 6 8 13 2 34
8 Defensa y Justicia 21 9 6 6 26 16 11 5 4 2 15 9 10 4 2 4 11 7 10 33
9 Argentinos Juniors 21 9 5 7 26 18 10 6 2 2 21 10 11 3 3 5 5 8 8 32
10 Godoy Cruz 21 9 5 7 27 23 10 6 3 1 19 8 11 3 2 6 8 15 4 32
11 Newell's Old Boys 21 7 8 6 18 17 10 6 3 1 10 2 11 1 5 5 8 15 1 29
12 Platense 21 8 5 8 23 24 11 5 4 2 14 10 10 3 1 6 9 14 -1 29
13 Sarmiento 21 7 7 7 22 18 10 4 3 3 15 11 11 3 4 4 7 7 4 28
14 Boca Juniors 21 8 4 9 23 22 11 5 3 3 14 9 10 3 1 6 9 13 1 28
15 Racing Club 21 7 6 8 26 30 11 5 3 3 15 14 10 2 3 5 11 16 -4 27
16 Gimnasia La Plata 21 7 5 9 17 27 10 5 3 2 10 7 11 2 2 7 7 20 -10 26
17 Tigre 21 6 7 8 20 24 10 4 3 3 11 11 11 2 4 5 9 13 -4 25
18 Central Cordoba SdE 21 6 7 8 16 21 11 4 2 5 7 8 10 2 5 3 9 13 -5 25
19 Colon 21 4 12 5 19 21 11 3 6 2 13 12 10 1 6 3 6 9 -2 24
20 Barracas Central 21 5 9 7 20 27 11 4 4 3 10 10 10 1 5 4 10 17 -7 24
21 Union Santa Fe 21 5 8 8 17 24 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 2 5 4 7 12 -7 23
22 Instituto 21 5 7 9 17 29 11 3 6 2 8 9 10 2 1 7 9 20 -12 22
23 Independiente 21 4 9 8 20 26 10 3 4 3 14 13 11 1 5 5 6 13 -6 21
24 Atletico Tucuman 21 4 9 8 18 27 10 3 4 3 11 13 11 1 5 5 7 14 -9 21
25 Huracan 21 4 7 10 16 25 10 3 4 3 9 11 11 1 3 7 7 14 -9 19
26 Vélez Sarsfield 21 3 9 9 20 24 11 2 7 2 14 10 10 1 2 7 6 14 -4 18
27 Banfield 21 4 6 11 14 29 11 3 4 4 6 11 10 1 2 7 8 18 -15 18
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 21 5 2 14 15 29 10 4 1 5 10 13 11 1 1 9 5 16 -14 17

Read more about Superliga

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.