Superliga prediction and preview: Arsenal de Sarandi modest favorites to beat Atlético Tucumán

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 08.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona (16300 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Arsenal de Sarandi and Atlético Tucumán battle it out at Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona.

Atlético Tucumán could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Sudamericana game only three sleeps ago.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Atlético Tucumán, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

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Arsenal de Sarandi form and stats

The Arsenal de Sarandi goalkeeper Maximiliano Jose Gagliardo is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 195 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superliga.

Arsenal de Sarandi drew their last game, 0-0 away at Unión Santa Fe (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Arsenal won a home game hosting Aldosivi (4-0).

The Arsenal goalkeeper Maximiliano Gagliardo was crucial in the match against Unión Santa Fe last time out, making seven saves.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Arsenal have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost two.

Last season, Arsenal de Sarandi's league statistics were 9 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Primera B Nacional. Over these 23 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Arsenal de Sarandi managed 5-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 16 conceded.

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Atlético Tucumán form and stats

Only one away game in the Superliga so far for Atlético Tucumán and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 5 losses from 11 travels.

Atlético's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Independiente that finished 1-1. Prior to that result Atlético won their away game at Racing Club in the Superliga. The scoreline was 4-1.

Atlético are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.

It's early days yet, but Atlético Tucumán has scored 4 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Let's have a look at how Atlético Tucumán performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 7/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Arsenal victories, three draws and two Atlético Tucumán wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

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Atlético Tucumán missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal de Sarandi Atlético Tucumán
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 4 4
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 13 13
1 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 6 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 67%
Arsenal de Sarandi Last season Atlético Tucumán
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 12   Played P   11 23
9 5   Won W   3 7
7 5   Drew D   3 8
7 2   Lost L   5 8
37 22   Scored S   7 22
32 16   Conceded C   11 25
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
87% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   55% 65%
57% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 30%
35% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 13%
13% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
57% 58%   BTTS BTTS   27% 43%
30% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 26%
13% 17%   Failed to Score F T   55% 35%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 3
3 1   Red cards R C   0 5
 
274 138   Total Shots T S   90 228
100 49   Shots on Target S O   27 70
37% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Tucumán 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Arsenal de Sarandi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Unión Santa Fe 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Racing Club 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season 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 23 14 6 3 35 8 12 7 4 1 18 4 11 7 2 2 17 4 27 48
2 River Plate 23 14 5 4 41 18 11 5 2 4 12 7 12 9 3 0 29 11 23 47
3 Velez Sarsfield 23 11 6 6 27 14 11 5 4 2 14 7 12 6 2 4 13 7 13 39
4 Racing Club 23 9 12 2 28 23 11 5 5 1 13 11 12 4 7 1 15 12 5 39
5 Argentinos Juniors 23 10 9 4 22 17 12 7 5 0 17 9 11 3 4 4 5 8 5 39
6 Defensa y Justicia 23 10 6 7 26 18 12 5 3 4 13 7 11 5 3 3 13 11 8 36
7 Lanus 23 9 9 5 32 29 11 6 4 1 16 9 12 3 5 4 16 20 3 36
8 San Lorenzo 23 11 3 9 32 30 12 6 2 4 20 19 11 5 1 5 12 11 2 36
9 Rosario Central 23 9 9 5 31 29 11 7 3 1 21 9 12 2 6 4 10 20 2 36
10 Newell's Old Boys 23 9 8 6 33 25 12 7 2 3 19 10 11 2 6 3 14 15 8 35
11 Arsenal de Sarandi 23 9 7 7 37 32 12 5 5 2 22 16 11 4 2 5 15 16 5 34
12 Talleres Cordoba 23 10 4 9 34 30 12 7 3 2 20 14 11 3 1 7 14 16 4 34
13 Estudiantes 23 8 6 9 23 22 12 6 2 4 15 9 11 2 4 5 8 13 1 30
14 Independiente 23 8 5 10 27 25 12 5 2 5 21 14 11 3 3 5 6 11 2 29
15 Atlético Tucumán 23 7 8 8 22 25 12 4 5 3 15 14 11 3 3 5 7 11 -3 29
16 Unión Santa Fe 23 7 6 10 21 30 11 4 3 4 9 11 12 3 3 6 12 19 -9 27
17 Banfield 23 6 8 9 19 23 12 2 4 6 11 17 11 4 4 3 8 6 -4 26
18 Central Cordoba SdE 23 6 8 9 21 29 11 4 4 3 9 11 12 2 4 6 12 18 -8 26
19 Gimnasia La Plata 23 6 5 12 22 23 11 2 2 7 5 11 12 4 3 5 17 12 -1 23
20 Patronato 23 5 8 10 22 34 11 4 3 4 12 15 12 1 5 6 10 19 -12 23
21 Huracan 23 5 7 11 17 27 11 3 4 4 7 11 12 2 3 7 10 16 -10 22
22 Aldosivi 23 6 4 13 20 35 11 3 3 5 10 13 12 3 1 8 10 22 -15 22
23 Colon 23 5 3 15 17 39 12 5 2 5 12 17 11 0 1 10 5 22 -22 18
24 Godoy Cruz 23 6 0 17 22 46 11 3 0 8 11 24 12 3 0 9 11 22 -24 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Tucumán 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Arsenal de Sarandi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Unión Santa Fe 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Racing Club 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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