It's the second possibility for points this league season as Atlético Tucumán and Platense lock horns at Estadio Monumental Presidente José Fierro.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superliga.
Atlético Tucumán form and stats
The previous season, Atlético Tucumán's league statistics were 7 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, leading to 15th place in the Superliga. Over these 23 matches they scored 22 goals and gave away 25. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Atlético Tucumán generated 4-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 14 conceded.
The club members are hoping that Atlético Tucumán will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Sarmiento (placed 4th).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus River Plate.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 Atlético Tucumán have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost three.
Platense form and stats
Let's have a look at how Platense performed last season in the Primera B Nacional: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 13/11 goals scored/conceded.
Platense are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Talleres Córdoba (placed 14th). Tijanovich got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Tijanovich hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Godoy Cruz.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Platense in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Platense, six draws and four defeats.
A new game in only three days for Platense, the Superliga home match versus Sarmiento. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last four meetings): Atlético Tucumán won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Platense got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / oneAtlético Tucumán missing players
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| Atlético Tucumán | Platense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlético Tucumán | Last season | Platense | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 9 | 13 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 27% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | ||
| 18% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | ||
| 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 7.4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 54% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Newell's Old Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Platense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sarmiento | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Unión Santa Fe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Banfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Gimnasia La Plata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Racing Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Atlético Tucumán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Defensa y Justicia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Patronato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | River Plate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Talleres Córdoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
