Boca Juniors favourites for feisty fight facing Godoy Cruz

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Thu 21.October
Match begins: 00:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando (49000 seats)

A look at the Superliga table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's a lot more data available. Read our Boca Juniors - Godoy Cruz match preview!

Insights:
  • Godoy Cruz have the most points from losing position (14) in Superliga

Not much time to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a Superliga match only four days back. That game was an away game at Huracán, so at least Juniors are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Godoy Cruz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Boca Juniors form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Boca Juniors have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games. Juniors has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A strong away win for Boca Juniors against Huracán the last match, as Agustín Almendra, Marcos Rojo and Luis Vázquez were on target. Agustin Rossi, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.44 out of 10 in that game. Rossi stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Lanus in a game that was won 4-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Juniors's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Boca Juniors after this match as they are travelling to Velez Sarsfield for a Superliga game in only four days.

Juniors has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Boca Juniors are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Godoy Cruz form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Godoy Cruz have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far. The last three matches for Godoy have all ended in a draw.

M. Ojeda was the last player to score for the away team. Godoy Cruz haven't scored a league goal in the last 187 minutes. Godoy have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Juan Angel Espinola Gonzalez. It's been 225 minutes since they last conceded in Superliga.

Godoy Cruz played 0-0 against Central Cordoba SdE in their previous match. Goalkeeper Juan Espinola got the top player rating of the team with 7.75/10. Espinola stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

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

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Godoy when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning three games.

A new game in only four days for Godoy, the Superliga home match versus Banfield. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Godoy's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. Godoy have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings featuring these squads: Juniors won four, Godoy Cruz triumphed in one and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Boca Juniors missing players

Godoy Cruz missing players

Boca Juniors Godoy Cruz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 14 29
13 6 1 Won W 2 5 10
12 7 3 Drew D 1 4 8
6 2 0 Lost L 2 5 11
42 19 4 Scored S 8 22 43
25 14 3 Conceded C 9 21 44
84% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
61% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 79%
35% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 64% 62%
16% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 43% 38%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 21% 17%
52% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 64% 66%
35% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 14%
29% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 28%
 
4.4 4.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.5
4.2 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.2 5.2
2.4 2.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.4 2.1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.7 10.9 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.3 11.4
3.6 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.1 4.4
37% 32% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 39% 34%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Godoy Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Godoy Cruz have the most points from losing position (14) in Superliga

  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 15 10 3 2 29 11 8 5 2 1 14 5 7 5 1 1 15 6 18 33
2 Talleres Cordoba 15 10 2 3 24 13 7 6 1 0 14 2 8 4 1 3 10 11 11 32
3 Boca Juniors 16 7 6 3 19 12 7 3 3 1 7 5 9 4 3 2 12 7 7 27
4 Lanus 16 8 3 5 27 25 9 4 3 2 15 12 7 4 0 3 12 13 2 27
5 Estudiantes 16 7 5 4 25 17 7 3 3 1 11 5 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 26
6 Velez Sarsfield 16 6 7 3 22 12 9 4 4 1 18 7 7 2 3 2 4 5 10 25
7 Defensa y Justicia 16 6 6 4 20 13 8 5 2 1 16 8 8 1 4 3 4 5 7 24
8 Independiente 15 6 6 3 17 14 8 3 3 2 8 6 7 3 3 1 9 8 3 24
9 Godoy Cruz 16 6 5 5 25 20 9 3 4 2 14 10 7 3 1 3 11 10 5 23
10 Colon 15 6 5 4 12 16 7 3 3 1 6 6 8 3 2 3 6 10 -4 23
11 Racing Club 16 5 7 4 13 9 8 2 4 2 5 4 8 3 3 2 8 5 4 22
12 Huracán 16 5 7 4 12 12 9 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 4 1 5 4 0 22
13 Argentinos Juniors 15 5 6 4 12 10 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 2 4 2 4 4 2 21
14 Gimnasia La Plata 16 5 6 5 13 16 9 4 4 1 7 4 7 1 2 4 6 12 -3 21
15 Unión Santa Fe 16 6 3 7 19 23 8 3 1 4 10 8 8 3 2 3 9 15 -4 21
16 Rosario Central 16 6 2 8 23 23 8 4 0 4 12 9 8 2 2 4 11 14 0 20
17 Platense 16 4 7 5 18 19 7 1 4 2 5 7 9 3 3 3 13 12 -1 19
18 Sarmiento 16 5 4 7 18 20 9 4 1 4 12 10 7 1 3 3 6 10 -2 19
19 San Lorenzo 15 4 5 6 13 17 7 3 2 2 9 6 8 1 3 4 4 11 -4 17
20 Newell's Old Boys 16 4 4 8 17 24 8 3 1 4 12 14 8 1 3 4 5 10 -7 16
21 Atletico Tucuman 15 4 4 7 12 20 7 2 4 1 6 4 8 2 0 6 6 16 -8 16
22 Banfield 16 2 9 5 11 15 7 1 2 4 6 9 9 1 7 1 5 6 -4 15
23 Patronato 16 3 6 7 13 19 7 2 3 2 6 5 9 1 3 5 7 14 -6 15
24 Aldosivi 15 4 1 10 16 29 8 2 0 6 9 16 7 2 1 4 7 13 -13 13
25 Arsenal de Sarandi 16 2 7 7 6 20 8 2 5 1 5 6 8 0 2 6 1 14 -14 13
26 Central Cordoba SdE 16 2 6 8 15 22 8 2 2 4 12 15 8 0 4 4 3 7 -7 12

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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.