Football preview: Home fans have high expectations when Argentinos Juniors meet Unión Santa Fe

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Tue 11.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona (25000 seats)

Most people believe in Argentinos Juniors in this match against Unión Santa Fe, but the guests will battle to the bitter end. Here's the complete Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Argentinos Juniors have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Argentinos Juniors nor Unión Santa Fe 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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Argentinos Juniors form and stats

Argentinos Juniors have played 4 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Argentinos Juniors faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sarmiento (0-2). The first loss after going unbeaten in four league rounds. The gifted forward Cabral edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Cabral dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, a home win hosting Independiente del Valle in the Copa Libertadores.

It should be considered that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

There will be little rest for Argentinos after this match as they are travelling to Huracan for a Superliga game in only four days.

As for guarding their own goal, Argentinos Juniors have only let in {1 goals} at home.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

Playing away, Unión Santa Fe have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Superliga this season. Recent form does not give Unión Santa Fe much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Argentinos Juniors will be a tough nut to crack.

Unión have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 205 minutes ago. Gordillo was the goal scorer.

The manager Vera was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio 15 de Abril. Unión Santa Fe suffered a 0-3 loss to Belgrano (placed 10th). Attacker Gonzalez got a player rating of 7.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Gonzalez hit one key pass.

A 0-1 defeat away at River Plate before that.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's latest 10 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Unión Santa Fe's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches. Unión are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - zero - four (Argentinos Juniors wins - draws - Unión Santa Fe wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last seven duels.

Top Goalscorers

Argentinos JuniorsG. Ávalos Stumpfs
G. Ávalos Stumpfs
4 goals
Argentinos JuniorsK. Mac Allister
K. Mac Allister
2 goals
Unión Santa FeI. Machuca
I. Machuca
2 goals

Argentinos Juniors missing players

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Argentinos Juniors Unión Santa Fe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 0 5 10
4 3 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 1 Drew D 0 3 4
4 0 0 Lost L 0 2 5
10 8 1 Scored S 0 2 6
7 1 1 Conceded C 0 4 13
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 90%
50% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 70%
30% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
50% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 50%
 
4.6 3.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.2
4.1 3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.4 4.1
2.1 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
15.9 18 25 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 11.5
5.4 5.8 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.2 3.4
19% 35% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 18%
 
8.7 6.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.8 13
2.4 1.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.6 4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Argentinos Juniors have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Argentinos Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Argentinos Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Argentinos Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Unión Santa Fe have scored away.
  • Argentinos Juniors have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Argentinos Juniors have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Argentinos Juniors haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Unión Santa Fe have yet to win a game 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 10 8 0 2 18 5 4 3 0 1 7 3 6 5 0 1 11 2 13 24
2 San Lorenzo 10 6 2 2 13 5 5 4 1 0 7 0 5 2 1 2 6 5 8 20
3 Talleres Cordoba 10 6 1 3 18 8 6 3 0 3 8 5 4 3 1 0 10 3 10 19
4 Rosario Central 10 5 3 2 13 12 5 4 1 0 8 3 5 1 2 2 5 9 1 18
5 Lanus 10 5 2 3 14 8 5 3 1 1 8 3 5 2 1 2 6 5 6 17
6 Racing Club 10 5 2 3 14 11 5 3 2 0 7 4 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 17
7 Platense 10 4 4 2 14 13 6 2 3 1 8 8 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 16
8 Defensa y Justicia 10 4 3 3 12 8 6 2 2 2 8 7 4 2 1 1 4 1 4 15
9 Newell's Old Boys 10 4 3 3 9 10 5 4 1 0 5 0 5 0 2 3 4 10 -1 15
10 Belgrano 10 4 3 3 8 9 4 1 2 1 2 3 6 3 1 2 6 6 -1 15
11 Velez Sarsfield 10 3 5 2 15 10 6 2 3 1 12 7 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 14
12 Boca Juniors 9 4 2 3 12 8 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 2 0 2 6 4 4 14
13 Argentinos Juniors 10 4 2 4 10 7 4 3 1 0 8 1 6 1 1 4 2 6 3 14
14 Estudiantes 10 4 2 4 12 12 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 2 1 2 5 6 0 14
15 Central Cordoba SdE 10 4 2 4 7 11 5 3 0 2 4 3 5 1 2 2 3 8 -4 14
16 Instituto 10 3 4 3 11 12 5 1 3 1 4 5 5 2 1 2 7 7 -1 13
17 Godoy Cruz 10 4 1 5 8 11 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 1 0 4 1 8 -3 13
18 Sarmiento 10 3 3 4 12 11 5 2 0 3 9 9 5 1 3 1 3 2 1 12
19 Huracan 10 3 3 4 13 15 5 2 1 2 6 8 5 1 2 2 7 7 -2 12
20 Tigre 10 3 3 4 11 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 2 2 2 7 8 -2 12
21 Gimnasia La Plata 10 3 2 5 9 15 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 0 1 4 2 11 -6 11
22 Banfield 10 2 4 4 7 11 5 1 3 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 6 9 -4 10
23 Independiente 10 1 6 3 8 11 5 0 2 3 6 10 5 1 4 0 2 1 -3 9
24 Barracas Central 10 2 3 5 9 16 5 1 2 2 3 6 5 1 1 3 6 10 -7 9
25 Arsenal de Sarandi 10 2 2 6 7 14 4 1 1 2 3 5 6 1 1 4 4 9 -7 8
26 Atletico Tucuman 10 1 5 4 6 13 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 0 3 2 2 6 -7 8
27 Unión Santa Fe 10 1 4 5 6 13 5 1 1 3 4 9 5 0 3 2 2 4 -7 7
28 Colon 9 0 6 3 6 10 5 0 3 2 3 6 4 0 3 1 3 4 -4 6

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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.