Superliga: Tipsway are looking at an absorbing and crucial duel involving Vélez Sarsfield and Sarmiento at Estadio José Amalfitani. Both are in need of a good run!
- Sarmiento have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Superliga
Sarsfield have less rest than Sarmiento in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Aldosivi, so at least Vélez Sarsfield are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
With 1 Superliga win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Vélez Sarsfield are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Vélez Sarsfield hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Talleres Córdoba, Aldosivi, Lanus, Independiente, Defensa y Justicia, Colon, Vélez Sarsfield, Estudiantes and Banfield), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
Vélez Sarsfield lost their last game at Aldosivi (placed 26th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Guidara, defender, was given a rating of 8.23/10 in that game, top of the team. Guidara hit one key pass and won 18 of 19 duels.
In the match before that, Vélez Sarsfield hosted Gimnasia La Plata and drew the game 1-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sarsfield's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Sports bettors should know that 9 of the latest 10 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vélez Sarsfield at home in the league. 6 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 6 matches. Vélez Sarsfield has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Sarmiento form and stats
Sarmiento have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-1-5 (7 played).
Sarmiento might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Godoy Cruz proved too strong as Sarmiento slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Eva Perón de Junín. Attacker Gondou got a player rating of 7.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Gondou scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
A 1-4 defeat away at Huracan before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sarmiento playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
Goal alert! This team have played 5 consecutive league games all featuring at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Sarmiento have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Sarsfield have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) facing Sarmiento.Top Goalscorers
  L. Janson 8 goals |  J. Torres 8 goals |  L. López 5 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
Sarmiento missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | Sarmiento | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 28 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 32 |
| 32 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 43 |
| 86% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 71% |
| 32% | 31% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 57% |
| 18% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| 57% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 57% |
| 21% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 36% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11.5 | 12.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 6.9 | 9.9 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
| 25% | 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 29% | 31% |
| 10.8 | 11.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 19.2 | 16.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
- Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sarmiento have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Superliga
- Sarmiento have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Argentinos Juniors | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Racing Club | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 5 | Huracan | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Godoy Cruz | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | River Plate | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Patronato | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Platense | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Union Santa Fe | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Boca Juniors | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Tigre | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 18 |
| 15 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Rosario Central | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 17 | Central Cordoba SdE | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 18 | Barracas Central | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 19 | Sarmiento | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 20 | Estudiantes | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 21 | Banfield | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 22 | Defensa y Justicia | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 15 |
| 23 | Colon | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | Talleres Córdoba | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 25 | Independiente | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 26 | Aldosivi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
| 27 | Vélez Sarsfield | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 10 |
| 28 | Lanus | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
