Vélez Sarsfield are opening their away dressing room to Estudiantes for yet another highly important match following their 2-1 result against 22nd-placed Talleres Cordoba.
- Vélez Sarsfield have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Estudiantes have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) 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 Sarsfield and Estudiantes.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
Vélez Sarsfield have played 11 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Vélez Sarsfield hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Talleres Cordoba, Aldosivi, Lanus, Colon, Arsenal de Sarandi, Barracas Central, Rosario Central, Vélez Sarsfield and Banfield), they have won 6 of 6 matches! There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio José Amalfitani after three straight home wins.
Vélez Sarsfield's last game was hosting Talleres Cordoba (placed 22nd) and winning 2-1. The victory against Talleres Cordoba came after Florentín's winning goal. The Vélez Sarsfield manager Reobasco was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 86th minute. Castro, who plays in attack, was the declared top player for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Castro scored one goal.
Prior to that, an away loss at San Lorenzo.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sarsfield handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Low on goals? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.
From these home matches, Vélez Sarsfield have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Vélez Sarsfield has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.
Estudiantes form and stats
Estudiantes have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-3-8 (12 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Estudiantes play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Huracan (placed 5th). It is probably bad news for Estudiantes that their goalie Andújar made six saves in the Huracan match, but still couldn't stop a beating. Attacker Díaz got a player rating of 7.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Díaz scored one goal.
Before that, Estudiantes secured a home win against Lanus with the score 3-1.We have checked recent matches where Estudiantes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Will there be lots of goals? This club have played 5 consecutive league games all ending with at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Estudiantes as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. Estudiantes struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Estudiantes is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 6 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Talleres Cordoba, Aldosivi, Lanus, Colon, Arsenal de Sarandi, Barracas Central, Rosario Central, Estudiantes and Banfield.
Head 2 Head
Vélez Sarsfield - Estudiantes 1-1 was the end result in these participants' latest h2h game, earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Sarsfield won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Estudiantes have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Boselli 16 goals |  L. Díaz 12 goals |  L. Janson 9 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
Estudiantes missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | Estudiantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 36 | 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | 60 |
| 42 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 35 | 57 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 92% |
| 66% | 61% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 79% | 75% |
| 29% | 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 63% | 60% |
| 16% | 17% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | 38% |
| 5% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 74% | 68% |
| 21% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | 22% |
| 37% | 28% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 18% |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.8 | 13.1 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.5 | 11.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 23% | 26% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | 35% |
| 10.9 | 11.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 13.5 | 11.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.1 |
- Estudiantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Estudiantes have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Superliga
- Estudiantes have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield 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 | Boca Juniors | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 48 |
| 2 | Racing Club | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 47 |
| 3 | Atletico Tucuman | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 45 |
| 4 | River Plate | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 44 |
| 5 | Huracan | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 44 |
| 6 | Tigre | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | Argentinos Juniors | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | San Lorenzo | 25 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 37 |
| 10 | Newell's Old Boys | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 36 |
| 11 | Godoy Cruz | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Patronato | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 34 |
| 13 | Defensa y Justicia | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 14 | Platense | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 15 | Independiente | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -1 | 31 |
| 16 | Central Cordoba SdE | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 31 |
| 17 | Sarmiento | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 18 | Union Santa Fe | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 30 |
| 19 | Barracas Central | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -7 | 30 |
| 20 | Estudiantes | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -10 | 30 |
| 21 | Banfield | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 29 |
| 22 | Talleres Cordoba | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 23 | Rosario Central | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 24 | Colon | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 28 |
| 25 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 27 |
| 26 | Vélez Sarsfield | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 27 | Lanus | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -17 | 20 |
| 28 | Aldosivi | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 16 |
