Home advantage could prove decisive in Belgrano - Sarmiento battle

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Mon 03.April
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Julio César Villagra (30500 seats)

The home team ticketholders expect a victory in this game, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Belgrano are in 15th position while the guesting Sarmiento panic at 19th.

Insights:
  • Belgrano have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

Belgrano 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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Belgrano form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Belgrano at their home stadium (Estadio Julio César Villagra) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The club members are hoping that Belgrano will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Godoy Cruz (placed 12th). Midfield player Sánchez got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Sánchez scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.

In the match before that, Belgrano hosted Lanus and drew the game 0-0.

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 Belgrano have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Belgrano aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Julio César Villagra in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games.

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Sarmiento form and stats

1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sarmiento in their Superliga matches away.

Sarmiento aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 182 league minutes without a goal. López was the last player to find the net.

Sarmiento failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs River Plate (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. It is a bit troubling for Sarmiento that their goalie Meza managed seven saves in the River Plate game, but still were unable to save them from a loss.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Racing Club wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Sarmiento are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

The attacking power of Sarmiento when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Sarmiento are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between these sides: Belgrano won one, Sarmiento were winners in one and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BelgranoP. Vegetti Pfaffen
P. Vegetti Pfaffen
4 goals
SarmientoL. Gondou
L. Gondou
4 goals
SarmientoJ. Toledo
J. Toledo
2 goals

Belgrano missing players

Sarmiento missing players

Belgrano Sarmiento
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 0 4 8
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 4
5 2 0 Scored S 0 3 10
9 3 2 Conceded C 0 2 11
75% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 88%
50% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 62%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 38%
50% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
50% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
3.8 1.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.2 5.1
5.2 7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 6.8
1.8 1.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 5.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.2 12.2
2.9 2.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 4.9
22% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 26%
 
13.4 17.3 20 Shots against (avg) S A 0 18 17.5
4.6 4.7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 5.6
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Belgrano have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Belgrano have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sarmiento have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 8 6 0 2 14 5 3 2 0 1 6 3 5 4 0 1 8 2 9 18
2 San Lorenzo 8 5 1 2 10 4 4 4 0 0 7 0 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 16
3 Defensa y Justicia 8 4 2 2 11 6 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 4 1 5 14
4 Racing Club 8 4 2 2 11 7 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 2 0 2 6 4 4 14
5 Lanus 8 4 2 2 10 6 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 14
6 Newell's Old Boys 8 4 2 2 9 7 4 4 0 0 5 0 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 14
7 Rosario Central 8 4 2 2 10 11 4 3 1 0 5 2 4 1 1 2 5 9 -1 14
8 Talleres Cordoba 8 4 1 3 12 8 5 2 0 3 5 5 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 13
9 Instituto 8 3 4 1 11 8 4 1 3 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 13
10 Velez Sarsfield 8 3 3 2 12 7 5 2 2 1 9 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 12
11 Huracan 8 3 3 2 12 10 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 12
12 Godoy Cruz 8 4 0 4 7 7 4 3 0 1 6 2 4 1 0 3 1 5 0 12
13 Argentinos Juniors 8 3 2 3 7 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 5 1 1 3 2 4 2 11
14 Boca Juniors 8 3 2 3 9 8 5 2 2 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 11
15 Belgrano 8 3 2 3 5 9 3 1 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 2 3 6 -4 11
16 Platense 8 2 4 2 11 13 5 1 3 1 7 8 3 1 1 1 4 5 -2 10
17 Barracas Central 8 2 3 3 9 10 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 9
18 Banfield 8 2 3 3 4 6 4 1 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 3 3 6 -2 9
19 Sarmiento 8 2 2 4 10 11 4 1 0 3 7 9 4 1 2 1 3 2 -1 8
20 Independiente 8 1 5 2 7 9 4 0 2 2 5 8 4 1 3 0 2 1 -2 8
21 Tigre 8 2 2 4 8 11 3 0 1 2 2 4 5 2 1 2 6 7 -3 8
22 Arsenal de Sarandi 8 2 2 4 7 10 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 -3 8
23 Estudiantes 8 2 2 4 7 11 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 1 1 2 3 5 -4 8
24 Gimnasia La Plata 8 2 2 4 5 11 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 0 1 3 1 8 -6 8
25 Central Cordoba SdE 8 2 2 4 4 10 4 2 0 2 3 3 4 0 2 2 1 7 -6 8
26 Union Santa Fe 8 1 4 3 6 9 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 0 3 1 2 3 -3 7
27 Atletico Tucuman 8 1 4 3 5 10 4 1 2 1 3 4 4 0 2 2 2 6 -5 7
28 Colon 8 0 5 3 6 10 4 0 2 2 3 6 4 0 3 1 3 4 -4 5

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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.