Betting preview: Vélez Sarsfield vs Godoy Cruz should be interesting

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 09.Jul
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio José Amalfitani (45540 seats)

The guesting Godoy Cruz team should be favourites at Vélez Sarsfield, as the away team have a 12 point supremacy from their 23 league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Vélez Sarsfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Godoy Cruz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

The visiting Godoy Cruz played their last game only four days ago, a Superliga match.

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Vélez Sarsfield form and stats

3-7-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Vélez Sarsfield so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Vélez Sarsfield, as their goalkeeper Leonardo Fabian Burian Castro has completely shut out the opponents for 182 minutes in the Superliga.

A good away victory last time out for Sarsfield, who won 1-0 against Lanus (placed 4th). Bou, a natural forward, was the best player for the side in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.45 (out of 10). Bou scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that, Vélez Sarsfield had a home game versus Arsenal de Sarandi which ended with a victory 1-0.

Sarsfield has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Vélez Sarsfield have conceded only 10 goals.

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Godoy Cruz form and stats

Godoy Cruz have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 3-3-6 (12 played).

Godoy had fun at their own home (Estadio José Amalfitani) last time out, beating Platense 2-1. Larrosa and Rodríguez scored. Larrosa came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Platense last time out, making the manager Oldrá feel like a tactical genius. Barrios was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Barrios served one assist, hit one key pass and won 10 of 15 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Talleres Cordoba.

The attacking power of Godoy Cruz when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Godoy Cruz have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sarsfield have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Godoy Cruz.

The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Godoy CruzT. Allende
T. Allende
6 goals
Godoy CruzT. Conechny
T. Conechny
5 goals
Vélez SarsfieldL. Janson
L. Janson
4 goals

Vélez Sarsfield missing players

Godoy Cruz missing players

Vélez Sarsfield Godoy Cruz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 3 12 23
5 3 0 Won W 1 3 10
9 7 3 Drew D 1 3 6
9 2 0 Lost L 1 6 7
22 15 2 Scored S 4 9 30
24 10 2 Conceded C 4 16 25
78% 67% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 91%
57% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 70%
39% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 39%
17% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 8% 17%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 9%
43% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 33% 39%
35% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 35%
43% 42% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 35%
 
3.8 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.6 4.8
4.9 5.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 3.2 3.5
2.1 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.2 10.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 13 13.4
3.2 3.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.3 4
30% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 22% 32%
 
11.5 11.1 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.2 11.5
3.7 3.8 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 3.7
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Vélez Sarsfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 23 17 2 4 42 15 11 10 0 1 21 5 12 7 2 3 21 10 27 53
2 San Lorenzo 23 11 9 3 22 9 12 8 4 0 12 0 11 3 5 3 10 9 13 42
3 Talleres Cordoba 22 12 5 5 37 20 12 7 2 3 16 8 10 5 3 2 21 12 17 41
4 Lanus 23 11 7 5 31 21 11 8 1 2 16 7 12 3 6 3 15 14 10 40
5 Estudiantes 23 10 8 5 27 19 12 6 4 2 18 10 11 4 4 3 9 9 8 38
6 Defensa y Justicia 22 10 6 6 27 16 12 6 4 2 16 9 10 4 2 4 11 7 11 36
7 Rosario Central 23 9 9 5 30 25 12 8 4 0 22 8 11 1 5 5 8 17 5 36
8 Godoy Cruz 23 10 6 7 30 25 11 7 3 1 21 9 12 3 3 6 9 16 5 36
9 Belgrano 22 10 4 8 20 19 10 6 3 1 12 5 12 4 1 7 8 14 1 34
10 Argentinos Juniors 22 9 5 8 26 19 10 6 2 2 21 10 12 3 3 6 5 9 7 32
11 Boca Juniors 22 9 4 9 25 22 12 6 3 3 16 9 10 3 1 6 9 13 3 31
12 Racing Club 23 8 7 8 31 31 12 5 4 3 16 15 11 3 3 5 15 16 0 31
13 Newell's Old Boys 22 7 9 6 20 19 11 6 4 1 12 4 11 1 5 5 8 15 1 30
14 Platense 23 8 5 10 24 27 12 5 4 3 14 11 11 3 1 7 10 16 -3 29
15 Sarmiento 22 7 7 8 22 20 10 4 3 3 15 11 12 3 4 5 7 9 2 28
16 Barracas Central 22 6 9 7 22 28 12 5 4 3 12 11 10 1 5 4 10 17 -6 27
17 Gimnasia La Plata 22 7 6 9 19 29 10 5 3 2 10 7 12 2 3 7 9 22 -10 27
18 Central Cordoba SdE 22 6 8 8 17 22 11 4 2 5 7 8 11 2 6 3 10 14 -5 26
19 Tigre 23 6 7 10 21 27 11 4 3 4 12 13 12 2 4 6 9 14 -6 25
20 Instituto 22 6 7 9 18 29 12 4 6 2 9 9 10 2 1 7 9 20 -11 25
21 Vélez Sarsfield 23 5 9 9 22 24 12 3 7 2 15 10 11 2 2 7 7 14 -2 24
22 Independiente 22 5 9 8 21 26 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 1 5 5 6 13 -5 24
23 Atletico Tucuman 22 5 9 8 19 27 11 4 4 3 12 13 11 1 5 5 7 14 -8 24
24 Colon 23 4 12 7 19 27 12 3 6 3 13 16 11 1 6 4 6 11 -8 24
25 Banfield 23 6 6 11 17 30 12 4 4 4 7 11 11 2 2 7 10 19 -13 24
26 Union Santa Fe 22 5 8 9 17 25 10 3 3 4 10 12 12 2 5 5 7 13 -8 23
27 Huracan 22 4 7 11 16 26 10 3 4 3 9 11 12 1 3 8 7 15 -10 19
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 22 5 2 15 15 30 10 4 1 5 10 13 12 1 1 10 5 17 -15 17

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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.