Superliga match prediction: Little separates Arsenal de Sarandi and Sarmiento in quality

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona (16300 seats)

Arsenal de Sarandi believe to get a lot of fans in for this match even though the season has been rough up to now with 13 points and a 26th place in the Superliga table. Opponents Sarmiento are in 16th place with 23 pts.

Insights:
  • Arsenal de Sarandi have the fewest scored goals (7) in Superliga
  • Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Arsenal de Sarandi and Sarmiento should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Arsenal de Sarandi form and stats

2-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for Arsenal de Sarandi, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Superliga, so far this season.

Arsenal faced defeat in their previous match, away at Aldosivi (1-2). Midfielder Brian Farioli was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Farioli hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Gimnasia La Plata (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Arsenal de Sarandi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arsenal de Sarandi as a small favourite), we find six games. Arsenal de Sarandi has won three of these, drawn two and lost one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Arsenal here at Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 9 games). Arsenal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Sarmiento form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sarmiento so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-3 (win-draw-lose).

Sarmiento go into this game after a win, the home game against Newell's Old Boys that ended 2-1. Attacker Luciano Gondou got a player rating of 7.2 in the game. "Man of the match" Gondou scored one goal.

A 1-1 draw at Independiente's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sarmiento playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were five Sarmiento wins, four draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sarmiento have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

SarmientoJ. Torres
J. Torres
11 goals
SarmientoL. Gondou
L. Gondou
6 goals
SarmientoG. Alanís
G. Alanís
5 goals

Arsenal de Sarandi missing players

Sarmiento missing players

Arsenal de Sarandi Sarmiento
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 6 Played P 4 15 31
5 3 2 Won W 0 1 8
10 8 1 Drew D 2 8 11
16 4 3 Lost L 2 6 12
18 8 3 Scored S 2 10 31
46 16 10 Conceded C 5 24 41
77% 67% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
58% 47% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 68%
42% 27% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 39%
19% 13% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 13%
10% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
32% 27% 17% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 48%
32% 47% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 29%
58% 60% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 32%
 
4.5 4.7 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 4.5
4.9 4.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.5 5.8
2.3 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.3 8.9 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.5 9.9
3.1 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 4
19% 16% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 18% 25%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Arsenal de Sarandi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Arsenal de Sarandi have the fewest scored goals (7) in Superliga
  • Arsenal de Sarandi have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Superliga
  • Arsenal de Sarandi have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Superliga
  • Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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.