Match preview: Rosario Central favourite to overcome Excursionistas

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Competition: Argentina Primera A
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

Rosario Central have outperformed Excursionistas so far, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the details you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Rosario Central have not yet lost a game.
  • Rosario Central have scored more than double the goals of Excursionistas.

It's no vacation for neither Rosario Central nor Excursionistas as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Rosario Central form and stats

The story so far in the Primera A for Rosario Central at their home stadium is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. After failing to beat Belgrano W here, Rosario Central has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Rosario's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Excursionistas (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. It's strange, but the exact score 2-0 has occurred three league matches in a row.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Independiente.

The Rosario Central fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Rosario Central have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Excursionistas form and stats

Excursionistas have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Primera A, after 1-1-4 (6 played).

Excursionistas lost away at Rosario Central (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Lanus with the score of 1-0.

The attacking power of Excursionistas when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. In the opposite end, Excursionistas have conceded 10 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the teams faced each other earlier this season; Rosario Central - Excursionistas 2-0. Stats for the former two meetings involving these two participants are: two wins for Rosario, zero draws and zero wins for Excursionistas. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Rosario Central missing players

Excursionistas missing players

Rosario Central Excursionistas
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 3 Played P 0 6 9
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 4 5
20 9 5 Scored S 0 5 8
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 10 12
90% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 67%
30% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 44%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 11%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 44%
60% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 22%
10% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
3 3.7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 0.7
1.5 1.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 1.3
1.7 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.3 9.3 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 2
3 4.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.8 1.2
56% 46% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 71%
 
4.2 5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4.5 3
2 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.8 1.2
Key stats in Primera A this season:
  • Excursionistas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Excursionistas have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Excursionistas haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rosario Central have created more than twice as many corners as Excursionistas.
  • Rosario Central have not yet lost a game.
  • Rosario Central have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rosario Central have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rosario Central have scored more than double the goals of Excursionistas.
  • Rosario Central have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Rosario Central 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 W 10 8 2 0 19 1 5 5 0 0 10 0 5 3 2 0 9 1 18 26
2 UAI Urquiza 10 7 3 0 26 6 6 4 2 0 20 3 4 3 1 0 6 3 20 24
3 Rosario Central 10 7 3 0 20 4 5 4 1 0 9 1 5 3 2 0 11 3 16 24
4 Platense 10 7 3 0 13 3 6 5 1 0 10 2 4 2 2 0 3 1 10 24
5 Independiente 10 7 1 2 17 6 4 3 0 1 7 2 6 4 1 1 10 4 11 22
6 San Lorenzo W 10 6 3 1 19 7 5 3 1 1 11 4 5 3 2 0 8 3 12 21
7 Racing Club 10 5 1 4 20 7 6 3 0 3 8 4 4 2 1 1 12 3 13 16
8 River Plate W 10 4 3 3 12 10 5 3 2 0 9 3 5 1 1 3 3 7 2 15
9 Huracan 9 3 5 1 7 5 5 3 2 0 5 1 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 14
10 Ferro Carril Oeste 10 4 1 5 14 11 4 3 1 0 11 1 6 1 0 5 3 10 3 13
11 Belgrano W 10 4 1 5 10 10 5 2 0 3 8 8 5 2 1 2 2 2 0 13
12 Excursionistas 9 3 1 5 8 12 3 2 0 1 3 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 -4 10
13 SAT 10 2 4 4 7 12 5 1 3 1 5 3 5 1 1 3 2 9 -5 10
14 Banfield W 10 3 1 6 7 14 5 1 1 3 1 5 5 2 0 3 6 9 -7 10
15 Estudiantes La Plata 10 2 4 4 9 19 4 1 2 1 3 6 6 1 2 3 6 13 -10 10
16 Gimnasia La Plata Res. 10 2 2 6 7 11 6 1 2 3 4 7 4 1 0 3 3 4 -4 8
17 Estudiantes Caseros 10 1 2 7 8 16 4 0 1 3 4 9 6 1 1 4 4 7 -8 5
18 Lanus 10 1 1 8 5 24 5 1 1 3 3 6 5 0 0 5 2 18 -19 4
19 El Porvenir 10 1 1 8 6 28 5 0 1 4 3 11 5 1 0 4 3 17 -22 4
20 Defensores de Belgrano 10 1 0 9 4 32 6 1 0 5 4 22 4 0 0 4 0 10 -28 3