Only a win will satisfy the Boca Juniors supporters in this Estadio Alberto Jose Armando clash with Godoy Cruz, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Superliga table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Godoy Cruz, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Boca Juniors form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Boca Juniors, who have the most clean sheets (13) in Superliga, at their home stadium (Estadio Alberto José Armando) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
The Boca Juniors goalkeeper Esteban Andrada is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 190 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superliga.
Happy days for Boca Juniors in their previous game, a Superliga match away at Central Cordoba SdE (placed 17th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Atlético Tucumán in a game that was won 2-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Boca Juniors played a great game against Central Cordoba SdE and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Boca Juniors are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Defensively Boca Juniors have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Godoy Cruz form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Godoy Cruz, who have the most conceded goals (40) in Superliga, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-8 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Godoy Cruz are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Godoy Cruz are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Superliga against Huracan (placed 23rd). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Lanús's place.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Godoy Cruz as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The outsiders lost one of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Godoy Cruz manager M. Sciacqua has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Boca Juniors, one draw and one win for Godoy Cruz. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Tevez 6 goals |   S. García Correa 5 goals |  R. Ábila 4 goals |
Boca Juniors missing players
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| Boca Juniors | Godoy Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | 40 |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 53% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 32% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 65% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 30% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 6.3 | 7.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 4.9 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 207 | 121 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 88 | 185 |
| 100 | 48 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 31 | 63 |
| 27% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 29% |
- Boca Juniors has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Boca Juniors has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Boca Juniors has the most clean sheets (13)
- Boca Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Godoy Cruz has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Godoy Cruz has the most conceded goals (19) away
- Godoy Cruz has the most conceded goals (40)
- Godoy Cruz has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
- Godoy Cruz has the most conceded goals in the second half (19)
- Godoy Cruz has the the worst goal difference (-22)
- Godoy Cruz have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Godoy Cruz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Godoy Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 39 |
| 3 | Argentinos Juniors | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Lanús | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Rosario Central | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Racing Club | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 8 | Newell's Old Boys | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | Vélez Sarsfield | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 30 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Estudiantes | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 12 | Defensa y Justicia | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Talleres Cordoba | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | Atlético Tucumán | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 15 | Independiente | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 16 | Banfield | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| 17 | Central Cordoba SdE | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 24 |
| 18 | Union Santa Fe | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 19 | Aldosivi | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 20 | Patronato | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 19 |
| 21 | Colón | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 18 |
| 22 | Gimnasia La Plata | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 23 | Huracan | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 16 |
| 24 | Godoy Cruz | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -22 | 12 |