Superliga preview: Can Banfield edge out victory against Atlético Tucumán?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Tue 10.May
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Florencio Solá (34901 seats)

The home team ticketholders bank on a win in this fixture, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a struggling visitor. Banfield are in 8th spot while the guesting Atlético Tucumán lose sleep at 11th.

Insights:
  • Banfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético Tucumán have yet to win a game away.

It's quite the trip for Atlético Tucumán when visiting Banfield as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

Banfield have less rest than Atlético Tucumán in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Unión La Calera, was also a home game here at Estadio Florencio Solá. The away team is better rested.

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Banfield form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Banfield have to build on here at Estadio Florencio Solá in the Superliga.

The Banfield supporters got no joy from their last game, a Copa Sudamericana duel also played here at Estadio Florencio Solá: A 0-1 defeat against Unión La Calera.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Racing Club that finished 1-1.

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 Banfield have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost six.

A decent goal production from Banfield in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Banfield have conceded 8 goals.

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Atlético Tucumán form and stats

Atlético Tucumán have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 0-3-3 (6 played). It's three draws from Atlético Tucumán's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Atlético Tucumán are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Talleres Cordoba (placed 14th). Attacker Menéndez got a player rating of 8.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Menéndez scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Atlético Tucumán 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, three draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Goals are few and far between in Atlético's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Atlético Tucumán have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Banfield-Atlético Tucumán H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Banfield two wins, Atlético Tucumán three wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BanfieldG. Galoppo
G. Galoppo
5 goals
BanfieldM. Lollo
M. Lollo
2 goals
BanfieldA. Urzi
A. Urzi
2 goals

Banfield missing players

Atlético Tucumán missing players

Banfield Atlético Tucumán
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 13
5 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 1 Drew D 0 3 4
5 3 0 Lost L 2 3 7
17 10 3 Scored S 0 3 12
14 8 1 Conceded C 2 9 22
92% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 69%
46% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 46%
31% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 31%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 46%
38% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
23% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 38%
 
4.5 5.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 5.2
5.9 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.5 4.3
3.5 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3 3.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.4 11 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.5 10.3
3.6 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 4.1
36% 45% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 13% 23%
 
9.8 8.7 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 13.3 10.2
4.2 3.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 4.2
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Atlético Tucumán have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Atlético Tucumán have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Atlético Tucumán have yet to win a game away.
  • Atlético Tucumán haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Banfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Banfield have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlético Tucumán 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 Racing Club 13 8 5 0 24 9 7 4 3 0 10 2 6 4 2 0 14 7 15 29
2 River Plate 13 8 2 3 29 11 6 3 2 1 15 7 7 5 0 2 14 4 18 26
3 Newell's Old Boys 13 7 2 4 16 12 7 5 0 2 11 5 6 2 2 2 5 7 4 23
4 Defensa y Justicia 13 6 4 3 25 19 6 1 4 1 9 9 7 5 0 2 16 10 6 22
5 Argentinos Juniors 13 6 4 3 19 15 6 3 2 1 7 3 7 3 2 2 12 12 4 22
6 Gimnasia La Plata 13 6 3 4 21 19 6 3 2 1 8 7 7 3 1 3 13 12 2 21
7 Sarmiento 13 6 3 4 17 23 7 4 2 1 11 14 6 2 1 3 6 9 -6 21
8 Banfield 13 5 3 5 17 14 6 2 1 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 7 6 3 18
9 Union Santa Fe 13 5 2 6 10 11 7 5 0 2 8 5 6 0 2 4 2 6 -1 17
10 San Lorenzo 13 3 5 5 14 16 6 0 3 3 7 10 7 3 2 2 7 6 -2 14
11 Atlético Tucumán 13 2 4 7 12 22 7 2 1 4 9 13 6 0 3 3 3 9 -10 10
12 Platense 13 2 4 7 11 21 7 2 1 4 5 8 6 0 3 3 6 13 -10 10
13 Patronato 13 3 1 9 10 24 7 1 1 5 4 13 6 2 0 4 6 11 -14 10
14 Talleres Cordoba 13 2 2 9 8 21 6 2 1 3 5 9 7 0 1 6 3 12 -13 8

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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.