Superliga preview: Can Boca Juniors edge out victory against Colón?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 23:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando (49000 seats)

The Boca Juniors & Colón head coaches S. Battaglia and E. Domínguez are both fearful of and eagerly anticipating this important match in the upper regions of the Superliga positions.

Insights:
  • Boca Juniors have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Superliga
  • Colón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Boca Juniors have less rest than Colón in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Argentina game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Patronato, was also a home game here at Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando. The away team is better rested.

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Boca Juniors form and stats

1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Boca Juniors, who have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Superliga, have to build on here at Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando in the Superliga. Juniors have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Boca Juniors drew their last game, also a home match. Patronato (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (placed 16th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Atletico Tucuman and winning 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Juniors handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, six draws and zero defeats.

Juniors have scored 2 goals here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. From these home matches, Boca Juniors have conceded only 3 goals.

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Colón form and stats

Playing away, Colón have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Superliga this season.

Colón have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Leonardo Fabian Burian Castro. It's been 227 minutes since they last conceded in Superliga.

Colón go into this game after a win, the home game against Central Cordoba SdE that ended 1-0. Defender Paolo Goltz was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Goltz won 9 of 13 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Arsenal de Sarandi.

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

The attacking power of Colón when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Colón have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the prior five meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Juniors, one draw and zero wins for Colón. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

ColónF. Farías
F. Farías
5 goals
ColónA. Castro
A. Castro
5 goals
JuniorsS. Villa Cano
S. Villa Cano
4 goals

Boca Juniors missing players

Colón missing players

Boca Juniors Colón
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 6 13 28
10 4 1 Won W 3 7 14
12 7 3 Drew D 0 2 9
5 2 1 Lost L 3 4 5
33 14 4 Scored S 9 20 39
21 12 4 Conceded C 9 14 25
81% 85% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
59% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 75%
30% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 43%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 15% 14%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 8% 7%
52% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 43%
33% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 46% 50%
33% 23% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 23% 18%
 
4.4 4.5 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.1 5.2
3.7 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.1 4.7
2.5 2.4 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.4
2 2 1 Red cards R C 3 4 7
 
9.6 10.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.8 10.4
3.6 3.7 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.1 4
34% 29% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 38% 35%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Boca Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boca Juniors have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Superliga
  • Colón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Colón 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 Talleres Cordoba 12 8 2 2 18 9 5 4 1 0 8 1 7 4 1 2 10 8 9 26
2 River Plate 12 7 3 2 23 9 7 4 2 1 12 4 5 3 1 1 11 5 14 24
3 Estudiantes 12 7 2 3 20 11 5 3 1 1 8 2 7 4 1 2 12 9 9 23
4 Lanus 12 7 2 3 22 18 7 3 2 2 12 10 5 4 0 1 10 8 4 23
5 Independiente 12 6 4 2 12 6 6 3 2 1 6 1 6 3 2 1 6 5 6 22
6 Colón 12 5 4 3 10 14 6 3 2 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 8 -4 19
7 Racing Club 12 4 6 2 10 4 6 2 3 1 4 2 6 2 3 1 6 2 6 18
8 Boca Juniors 12 4 6 2 10 8 5 1 3 1 2 3 7 3 3 1 8 5 2 18
9 Velez Sarsfield 12 4 5 3 16 8 7 4 2 1 15 4 5 0 3 2 1 4 8 17
10 Godoy Cruz 12 5 2 5 19 17 7 3 2 2 12 8 5 2 0 3 7 9 2 17
11 Rosario Central 12 5 1 6 17 14 6 3 0 3 9 6 6 2 1 3 8 8 3 16
12 Defensa y Justicia 12 3 6 3 12 10 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 0 4 2 1 3 2 15
13 Argentinos Juniors 12 3 6 3 9 8 5 2 2 1 6 4 7 1 4 2 3 4 1 15
14 Newell's Old Boys 12 4 3 5 14 18 6 3 1 2 11 11 6 1 2 3 3 7 -4 15
15 Atletico Tucuman 12 4 3 5 12 16 6 2 3 1 6 4 6 2 0 4 6 12 -4 15
16 Patronato 12 3 5 4 10 12 6 2 3 1 5 3 6 1 2 3 5 9 -2 14
17 Gimnasia La Plata 12 3 5 4 8 13 7 3 4 0 6 3 5 0 1 4 2 10 -5 14
18 Huracan 12 2 7 3 8 8 7 2 3 2 6 5 5 0 4 1 2 3 0 13
19 Sarmiento 12 3 4 5 11 15 6 3 1 2 6 5 6 0 3 3 5 10 -4 13
20 San Lorenzo 12 3 4 5 10 14 5 2 2 1 6 3 7 1 2 4 4 11 -4 13
21 Aldosivi 12 4 1 7 14 21 6 2 0 4 7 11 6 2 1 3 7 10 -7 13
22 Unión Santa Fe 12 3 3 6 10 17 6 2 1 3 7 6 6 1 2 3 3 11 -7 12
23 Platense 12 2 5 5 14 17 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 9 10 -3 11
24 Central Cordoba SdE 12 2 5 5 12 15 6 2 2 2 10 10 6 0 3 3 2 5 -3 11
25 Banfield 12 1 7 4 8 13 5 0 2 3 4 8 7 1 5 1 4 5 -5 10
26 Arsenal de Sarandi 12 1 5 6 5 19 6 1 4 1 4 6 6 0 1 5 1 13 -14 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.