The league table in Superliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Boca Juniors leading Gimnasia La Plata by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Libertadores. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Caracas.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors, who have the most clean sheets (15) in Superliga, are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Estadio Alberto José Armando. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Alberto José Armando.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Esteban Andrada not having conceded a league goal in 370 minutes.
Boca Juniors travelled for their previous game, a trip to Caracas that ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Colon and winning 4-0.
Boca Juniors are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew two and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Libertadores game versus Independiente Medellín in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Alberto José Armando.
Boca Juniors have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Alberto José Armando with 17 goals in 11 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Boca Juniors have only let in 4 goals at home.
Gimnasia La Plata form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
Gimnasia La Plata have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jorge Emanuel Broun. It's been 258 minutes since they last conceded in Superliga.
Gimnasia La Plata are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Superliga against Atletico Tucuman (placed 14th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Sportivo Barracas.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Gimnasia La Plata played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
The travelling fans enjoy Gimnasia La Plata's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Gimnasia La Plata in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Boca Juniors, one draw and two wins for Gimnasia La Plata. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  C. Tevez 8 goals |  E. Salvio 6 goals |  A. García 6 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
Gimnasia La Plata missing players
| Boca Juniors | Gimnasia La Plata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 82% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 59% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 55% |
| 27% | 18% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 45% | 32% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 9% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 41% |
| 68% | 64% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 41% |
| 6.1 | 7.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.9 | 5 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 229 | 131 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 105 | 254 |
| 110 | 53 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 42 | 85 |
| 31% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | 26% |
- Boca Juniors has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Boca Juniors has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Boca Juniors has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Boca Juniors has the most clean sheets (15)
- Boca Juniors has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
- Boca Juniors has the the best goal difference (+13) at home
- Boca Juniors has the the best goal difference (+26)
- Boca Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Boca Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Gimnasia La Plata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gimnasia La Plata haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Velez Sarsfield | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Lanus | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Racing Club | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Argentinos Juniors | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Rosario Central | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Newell's Old Boys | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | Defensa y Justicia | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 33 |
| 11 | Talleres Cordoba | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Estudiantes | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 14 | Atletico Tucuman | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 28 |
| 15 | Union Santa Fe | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 16 | Independiente | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 17 | Banfield | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 26 |
| 18 | Central Cordoba SdE | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 19 | Gimnasia La Plata | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 20 | Patronato | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 23 |
| 21 | Aldosivi | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 22 |
| 22 | Huracan | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 23 | Colon | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 18 |
| 24 | Godoy Cruz | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -27 | 12 |