This is a vital battle in the cellar of the Superliga, with both Vélez Sarsfield and Unión Santa Fe feeling more distress than delight. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 23rd and the away side in 24th spot.
- 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 Unión Santa Fe have scored away.
Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they featured in a Copa Argentina match only four days ago. That game was an away game at San Martín San Juan, so at least Vélez Sarsfield are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
3 victories, 8 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Vélez Sarsfield have to build on here at Estadio José Amalfitani in the Superliga. When Vélez Sarsfield hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Huracan, Instituto, Gimnasia La Plata, Independiente, Colon, Tigre, Arsenal de Sarandi, Vélez Sarsfield and Banfield), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
The Vélez Sarsfield coach Pardiñas and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus San Martín San Juan in the Copa Argentina.
Before that, Sarsfield played out a Superliga draw 1-1 when visiting Sarmiento.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vélez 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 7 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 12 league games, 9 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
Sarsfield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Vélez Sarsfield have conceded only 11 goals.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
There's been little loot from Unión Santa Fe's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Superliga. Unión Santa Fe only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 6 draws. Unión Santa Fe have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
The attacking players of Unión have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 400 minutes. The Unión Santa Fe goalkeeper Sebastian Emanuel Moyano is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 342 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Unión Santa Fe's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Platense that finished 0-0. Strange stuff; the match result 0-0 has repeated itself three times in a row! Paz was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.75. The defender Paz hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Talleres Cordoba.We have checked recent matches where Unión have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 11 of this team's most recent 12 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Unión Santa Fe when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 13 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former eight meetings between these two participants are: five wins for Vélez Sarsfield, zero draws and three wins for Unión Santa Fe. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last eight encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Janson 4 goals | J. Fernández 3 goals | W. Bou 3 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
Unión Santa Fe missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | Unión Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 24 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 26 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 80% | 69% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 77% | 76% |
| 60% | 54% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 38% | 56% |
| 36% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 15% | 20% |
| 16% | 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 4% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 48% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 32% |
| 32% | 46% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 40% | 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 46% | 48% |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10.6 | 10.5 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.2 | 12.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | 18% |
| 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.5 | 12.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
- Unión Santa Fe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 Unión Santa Fe 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 29 | 57 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 19 | 48 |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 |
| 4 | Lanus | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Defensa y Justicia | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 41 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Estudiantes | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 39 |
| 8 | Boca Juniors | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 38 |
| 9 | Godoy Cruz | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 10 | Argentinos Juniors | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 11 | Belgrano | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 12 | Newell's Old Boys | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 13 | Barracas Central | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 14 | Racing Club | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 15 | Platense | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 33 |
| 16 | Atletico Tucuman | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 31 |
| 17 | Sarmiento | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 29 |
| 19 | Instituto | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 29 |
| 20 | Independiente | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 21 | Tigre | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 28 |
| 23 | Vélez Sarsfield | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 24 | Unión Santa Fe | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 26 |
| 25 | Banfield | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 26 | Colon | 25 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 25 |
| 27 | Huracan | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 28 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 18 |
