Argentinos Juniors vs Lanús match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 00:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona (25000 seats)

This looks to be an intriguing fixture as Argentinos Juniors have their presumed home advantage, while Lanús are ahead 7 points in the Superliga table.

Insights:
  • Argentinos Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Argentinos and Lanús.

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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

Argentinos Juniors have collected 14 points from their Superliga home games so far after 4-2-2.

No payout for Argentinos Juniors in their previous match, an away game at River Plate that ended in defeat 0-3. Midfielder Jonatan Gómez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.24 (out of ten) in that game. Gómez dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Colon.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Argentinos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn four and lost five.

Argentinos Juniors has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Argentinos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Diego Armando Maradona in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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Lanús form and stats

Playing away, Lanús have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Superliga this season.

Lanús delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Talleres Córdoba (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Superliga game. The match against Talleres Córdoba looked like a defeat for Lanús, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. José Sand equalized in the 86th minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Talleres Córdoba was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfield player Victor Malcorra was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.91/10. Malcorra signed up for two assists and hit seven key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus San Lorenzo at their stadium, the result 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Lanús in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Lanús, zero draws and four defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Lanús's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. Lanús have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Argentinos Juniors wins - draws - Lanús wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LanúsJ. Sand
J. Sand
17 goals
LanúsJ. López
J. López
11 goals
Argentinos JuniorsM. Coronel
M. Coronel
5 goals

Argentinos Juniors missing players

Lanús missing players

Argentinos Juniors Lanús
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
11 7 1 Won W 3 7 15
10 4 0 Drew D 0 1 5
10 4 3 Lost L 2 7 11
32 19 4 Scored S 8 22 51
29 13 7 Conceded C 6 23 47
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
61% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 53% 74%
23% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 58%
13% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 47% 39%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 40% 29%
39% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 65%
39% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 27% 19%
35% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 19%
 
5.2 6.6 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.2 4.5
3.8 3.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.6 4.6 4.7
2.2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
3 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.9 11.7 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.3 8.8
3.8 5.3 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 4
28% 26% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 46% 41%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Argentinos Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Argentinos Juniors 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 River Plate 18 13 3 2 37 12 10 7 2 1 20 6 8 6 1 1 17 6 25 42
2 Talleres Córdoba 18 10 3 5 27 19 8 6 1 1 14 4 10 4 2 4 13 15 8 33
3 Vélez Sarsfield 18 8 7 3 26 13 10 5 4 1 20 7 8 3 3 2 6 6 13 31
4 Lanús 18 9 4 5 33 29 10 4 4 2 18 15 8 5 0 3 15 14 4 31
5 Boca Juniors 18 8 6 4 21 15 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 4 3 3 12 9 6 30
6 Colon 18 8 5 5 16 20 9 5 3 1 9 7 9 3 2 4 7 13 -4 29
7 Defensa y Justicia 18 7 7 4 25 17 9 6 2 1 18 9 9 1 5 3 7 8 8 28
8 Huracán 18 7 7 4 18 14 10 4 3 3 9 9 8 3 4 1 9 5 4 28
9 Independiente 18 7 7 4 19 16 10 4 4 2 10 7 8 3 3 2 9 9 3 28
10 Estudiantes 18 7 6 5 27 20 8 3 4 1 12 6 10 4 2 4 15 14 7 27
11 Godoy Cruz 18 7 5 6 28 23 10 4 4 2 16 11 8 3 1 4 12 12 5 26
12 Gimnasia La Plata 18 6 7 5 16 18 10 4 5 1 9 6 8 2 2 4 7 12 -2 25
13 Rosario Central 18 7 3 8 26 25 9 5 0 4 14 10 9 2 3 4 12 15 1 24
14 Argentinos Juniors 18 6 6 6 18 18 8 4 2 2 11 7 10 2 4 4 7 11 0 24
15 Racing Club 18 5 8 5 15 12 8 2 4 2 5 4 10 3 4 3 10 8 3 23
16 Sarmiento 18 6 5 7 21 22 10 5 1 4 14 11 8 1 4 3 7 11 -1 23
17 Union Santa Fe 18 6 4 8 20 25 9 3 2 4 11 9 9 3 2 4 9 16 -5 22
18 Atlético Tucumán 18 5 6 7 19 26 9 3 5 1 12 9 9 2 1 6 7 17 -7 21
19 Platense 18 4 8 6 20 22 8 1 5 2 6 8 10 3 3 4 14 14 -2 20
20 Aldosivi 18 6 2 10 19 30 10 4 0 6 12 17 8 2 2 4 7 13 -11 20
21 Patronato 18 3 8 7 18 24 8 2 4 2 9 8 10 1 4 5 9 16 -6 17
22 Newell's Old Boys 18 4 5 9 18 26 9 3 2 4 12 14 9 1 3 5 6 12 -8 17
23 San Lorenzo 18 4 5 9 16 25 8 3 2 3 10 9 10 1 3 6 6 16 -9 17
24 Banfield 18 2 9 7 13 21 8 1 2 5 7 13 10 1 7 2 6 8 -8 15
25 Central Cordoba SdE 18 2 7 9 18 26 9 2 2 5 13 17 9 0 5 4 5 9 -8 13
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 18 2 7 9 7 23 9 2 5 2 5 7 9 0 2 7 2 16 -16 13

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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.