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

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alberto José Armando (49000 seats)

Boca Juniors and Tigre have delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf phrase. The teams both occupy mid-table places in the Superliga.

Insights:
  • Boca Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

It's no vacation for neither Boca Juniors nor Tigre as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Boca Juniors form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Boca Juniors have to build on here at Estadio Alberto José Armando in the Superliga. Two home wins in a row for Juniors bring valid hopes of a third.

Boca Juniors are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The followers hope that Boca Juniors will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Copa Libertadores fixture against Deportivo Pereira. Goalkeeper Romero got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.64 out of ten. Romero saved a penalty.

In the game before, an away victory in the Superliga match versus Argentinos Juniors with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Boca Juniors handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 13 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

There will be little rest for Juniors after this match as they are travelling to Arsenal de Sarandi for a Superliga game in only four days.

Boca Juniors has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Boca Juniors have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tigre form and stats

2-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tigre in their Superliga matches away.

Tigre delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Deportes Tolima in their previous match; a Copa Sudamericana duel.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Atletico Tucuman in the Superliga.

Low on goals? 11 of this team's latest 14 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

Tigre have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: six - one - one (Boca Juniors wins - draws - Tigre wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TigreM. Retegui
M. Retegui
10 goals
Boca JuniorsM. Payero
M. Payero
4 goals
Boca JuniorsM. Merentiel Serrano
M. Merentiel Serrano
4 goals

Boca Juniors missing players

Tigre missing players

Boca Juniors Tigre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 1 9 17
7 4 1 Won W 0 2 5
3 2 0 Drew D 1 4 7
7 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
21 12 5 Scored S 1 9 17
16 8 4 Conceded C 1 11 18
88% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
53% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 65%
47% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 35%
24% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 18%
6% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 47%
35% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 29%
35% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 35%
 
4.8 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5
3.4 2.8 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.7 4.9
2.8 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.2
7 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.1 15.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 14 15.4 16
3.8 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4.7 4.8
32% 32% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 21% 21%
 
11.6 10.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 11.4 12.8
3.5 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 4.5
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Boca Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Boca Juniors have won significantly more corners at home than 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 17 13 1 3 29 9 8 7 0 1 15 4 9 6 1 2 14 5 20 40
2 San Lorenzo 17 10 5 2 19 6 9 7 2 0 11 0 8 3 3 2 8 6 13 35
3 Talleres Córdoba 17 9 4 4 30 16 9 5 1 3 13 7 8 4 3 1 17 9 14 31
4 Estudiantes 17 9 4 4 20 14 9 5 2 2 11 6 8 4 2 2 9 8 6 31
5 Rosario Central 17 8 6 3 25 20 9 7 2 0 17 6 8 1 4 3 8 14 5 30
6 Defensa y Justicia 17 8 5 4 22 11 9 4 3 2 12 8 8 4 2 2 10 3 11 29
7 Lanus 16 8 4 4 23 15 8 6 1 1 12 4 8 2 3 3 11 11 8 28
8 Belgrano 17 8 4 5 15 14 8 4 3 1 7 4 9 4 1 4 8 10 1 28
9 Godoy Cruz 17 7 5 5 20 18 8 4 3 1 13 7 9 3 2 4 7 11 2 26
10 Boca Juniors 17 7 3 7 21 16 9 4 2 3 12 8 8 3 1 4 9 8 5 24
11 Argentinos Juniors 17 6 5 6 21 16 8 4 2 2 17 9 9 2 3 4 4 7 5 23
12 Sarmiento 17 6 5 6 18 15 8 3 2 3 11 10 9 3 3 3 7 5 3 23
13 Newell's Old Boys 17 6 5 6 14 15 8 5 2 1 7 1 9 1 3 5 7 14 -1 23
14 Tigre 17 5 7 5 17 18 8 3 3 2 8 7 9 2 4 3 9 11 -1 22
15 Gimnasia La Plata 17 6 3 8 16 25 8 4 2 2 9 7 9 2 1 6 7 18 -9 21
16 Platense 17 5 5 7 19 23 9 3 4 2 12 10 8 2 1 5 7 13 -4 20
17 Instituto 17 5 5 7 14 21 9 3 4 2 7 8 8 2 1 5 7 13 -7 20
18 Barracas Central 17 4 7 6 16 21 9 3 3 3 9 10 8 1 4 3 7 11 -5 19
19 Central Cordoba SdE 17 5 4 8 12 19 9 3 1 5 5 8 8 2 3 3 7 11 -7 19
20 Colón 17 3 9 5 15 18 9 2 5 2 10 10 8 1 4 3 5 8 -3 18
21 Huracan 17 4 6 7 15 20 8 3 3 2 8 9 9 1 3 5 7 11 -5 18
22 Racing Club 16 5 3 8 19 26 8 3 2 3 10 12 8 2 1 5 9 14 -7 18
23 Velez Sarsfield 16 3 8 5 16 15 9 2 6 1 12 7 7 1 2 4 4 8 1 17
24 Independiente 17 3 8 6 16 20 8 2 3 3 11 12 9 1 5 3 5 8 -4 17
25 Atletico Tucuman 17 2 9 6 13 20 8 1 4 3 8 12 9 1 5 3 5 8 -7 15
26 Banfield 17 3 6 8 10 20 9 2 4 3 3 7 8 1 2 5 7 13 -10 15
27 Arsenal de Sarandi 17 4 2 11 14 25 8 3 1 4 9 11 9 1 1 7 5 14 -11 14
28 Union Santa Fe 16 2 6 8 9 22 7 1 2 4 4 11 9 1 4 4 5 11 -13 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.