Vélez Sarsfield host the first leg in this deciding Copa Libertadores Quarter-finals game. Talleres Córdoba will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes before the return leg in 7 days.
This promises to be an entertaining game with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
Vélez Sarsfield participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Barcelona.Sarsfield drew their last game, 1-1 away at Godoy Cruz. Godín was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Godín scored one goal and won 6 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Huracan that ended 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vélez Sarsfield handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Sarsfield are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Union Santa Fe awaits in three days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Vélez Sarsfield friendly games in pre-season: Vélez Sarsfield played one friendly, won 0, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Vélez Sarsfield scored 0 goals and conceded 0 in these one game.
Talleres Córdoba form and stats
Talleres Córdoba are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at San Lorenzo. Catalán, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.73. Catalán scored one goal and won 5 of 8 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Banfield.We have checked recent matches where Talleres Córdoba have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Talleres, the Superliga home match versus Argentinos Juniors. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's one Vélez Sarsfield victory, four draws and three Talleres Córdoba wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Janson 8 goals |   F. Girotti 4 goals |  L. Orellano 3 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
Talleres Córdoba missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | Talleres Córdoba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | ||
| 10.5 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.1 | ||
