Central Cordoba SdE vs Vélez Sarsfield: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Wed 20.October
Match begins: 00:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alfredo Terrera (16000 seats)

Central Cordoba SdE will hope that their home comfort is enough to get a victory from this demanding meeting, versus potent Vélez Sarsfield.

Insights:
  • Central Cordoba SdE have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Central Cordoba SdE and Vélez Sarsfield.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Vélez Sarsfield, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

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Central Cordoba SdE form and stats

Central Cordoba SdE's results here at Estadio Alfredo Terrera in the Superliga have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Central, their manager S. Rondina and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

An away draw last time out for Central, facing Godoy Cruz in a game that ended 0-0. Defender Juan Gonzalez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Gonzalez hit one key pass and won 12 of 19 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Huracan with the scoreline 1-2.

There will be little rest for Central after this match as they are travelling to Gimnasia La Plata for a Superliga game in only four days.

The Central fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Central have conceded 15 from these games.

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Vélez Sarsfield form and stats

The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. Things are running smoothly for Vélez Sarsfield who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against River Plate.

There were no winners in Sarsfield's previous match, a Superliga home game that ended 0-0 vs Arsenal de Sarandi (placed 25th). Thiago Almada got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Almada hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 59 successful passes (of 68 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Newell's Old Boys with the score of 2-1.

The attacking power of Sarsfield when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sarsfield are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the previous three meetings): Central Cordoba SdE won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Vélez Sarsfield got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / three

Top Goalscorers

CentralM. Giménez
M. Giménez
10 goals
Vélez SarsfieldJ. Lucero
J. Lucero
9 goals
Vélez SarsfieldT. Almada
T. Almada
7 goals

Central Cordoba SdE missing players

Vélez Sarsfield missing players

Central Cordoba SdE Vélez Sarsfield
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 5 14 30
6 3 1 Won W 2 7 16
11 4 1 Drew D 2 4 9
12 7 3 Lost L 1 3 5
29 15 5 Scored S 7 17 45
39 26 12 Conceded C 3 10 25
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 86% 80%
69% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 64% 57%
45% 57% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 29% 37%
21% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 7% 23%
7% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 20%
55% 64% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 36% 33%
21% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 43% 53%
34% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 36% 33%
 
3.5 3.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.8 4.6
5.2 4.3 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.2 5.2
2.5 2.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
9.8 11.1 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 10.4 11
3.4 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4.9 4.7
28% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 23% 31%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Central Cordoba SdE have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Central Cordoba SdE haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 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 Estudiantes 16 7 5 4 25 17 7 3 3 1 11 5 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 26
4 Lanus 15 8 2 5 26 24 8 4 2 2 14 11 7 4 0 3 12 13 2 26
5 Vélez Sarsfield 16 6 7 3 22 12 9 4 4 1 18 7 7 2 3 2 4 5 10 25
6 Defensa y Justicia 16 6 6 4 20 13 8 5 2 1 16 8 8 1 4 3 4 5 7 24
7 Boca Juniors 15 6 6 3 16 12 7 3 3 1 7 5 8 3 3 2 9 7 4 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 Huracan 15 5 7 3 12 9 8 3 3 2 7 5 7 2 4 1 5 4 3 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 Union Santa Fe 16 6 3 7 19 23 8 3 1 4 10 8 8 3 2 3 9 15 -4 21
15 Rosario Central 16 6 2 8 23 23 8 4 0 4 12 9 8 2 2 4 11 14 0 20
16 Platense 16 4 7 5 18 19 7 1 4 2 5 7 9 3 3 3 13 12 -1 19
17 Sarmiento 16 5 4 7 18 20 9 4 1 4 12 10 7 1 3 3 6 10 -2 19
18 Gimnasia La Plata 15 4 6 5 12 16 8 3 4 1 6 4 7 1 2 4 6 12 -4 18
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 15 4 4 7 17 23 8 3 1 4 12 14 7 1 3 3 5 9 -6 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 Patronato 16 3 6 7 13 19 7 2 3 2 6 5 9 1 3 5 7 14 -6 15
23 Banfield 15 2 8 5 10 14 7 1 2 4 6 9 8 1 6 1 4 5 -4 14
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.