Superliga preview: Can Colón edge out victory against Platense?

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López (40000 seats)

Colón get ready for another match after their 0-2 result against Patronato, a fixture they learned a lot from. How will they do against Platense?

Insights:
  • Colón have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Platense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Colón form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 Superliga games here at Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López for Colón. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Colón bring valid hopes of a third.

The fans are hoping that Colón will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Superliga game against Patronato (placed 21st). The striker Facundo Farías bettered all teammates in that match and got a match rating of 7.1 out of 10. Farías dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.

Ahead of that match, Colón won a home game hosting Estudiantes (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Colón handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and four defeats.

Colón are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. Colón are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Platense form and stats

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

Platense won their last game, 4-1 versus Atletico Tucuman played at home. Midfielder Hernán Lamberti was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.1. Lamberti scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).

A 1-2 defeat away at Defensa y Justicia before that.

Platense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is seven wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Platense find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Platense in these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Platense - Colón 1-3 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Colón wins - draws - Platense wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PlatenseM. Tissera
M. Tissera
7 goals
ColónA. Castro
A. Castro
6 goals
ColónR. Aliendro
R. Aliendro
5 goals

Colón missing players

Platense missing players

Colón Platense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 7 Played P 4 16 32
17 9 3 Won W 0 6 9
10 8 4 Drew D 1 4 10
8 1 0 Lost L 3 6 13
45 22 8 Scored S 3 18 36
33 12 3 Conceded C 7 19 42
89% 83% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
71% 61% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 66%
43% 28% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 41%
14% 11% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 28%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
43% 44% 29% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 56%
46% 56% 71% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 22%
23% 17% 29% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 31%
 
5 6.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.5 4.7
4.7 3.7 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.4 5.1
2.3 2.3 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2.1
8 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10.2 10.8 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.7 9.2
3.9 4 4.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.3
33% 31% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 34%
 
10.3 8.3 8.9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.3 11.1
4.1 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.4 4.4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Colón have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Platense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 19 13 4 2 38 13 10 7 2 1 20 6 9 6 2 1 18 7 25 43
2 Talleres Cordoba 19 11 3 5 28 19 9 7 1 1 15 4 10 4 2 4 13 15 9 36
3 Lanus 19 10 4 5 34 29 10 4 4 2 18 15 9 6 0 3 16 14 5 34
4 Velez Sarsfield 19 8 7 4 27 15 10 5 4 1 20 7 9 3 3 3 7 8 12 31
5 Defensa y Justicia 19 8 7 4 27 18 9 6 2 1 18 9 10 2 5 3 9 9 9 31
6 Boca Juniors 19 8 6 5 21 16 9 4 3 2 9 7 10 4 3 3 12 9 5 30
7 Colón 19 8 5 6 16 22 9 5 3 1 9 7 10 3 2 5 7 15 -6 29
8 Estudiantes 19 7 7 5 28 21 9 3 5 1 13 7 10 4 2 4 15 14 7 28
9 Huracan 19 7 7 5 18 15 10 4 3 3 9 9 9 3 4 2 9 6 3 28
10 Independiente 19 7 7 5 19 17 10 4 4 2 10 7 9 3 3 3 9 10 2 28
11 Gimnasia La Plata 19 7 7 5 17 18 10 4 5 1 9 6 9 3 2 4 8 12 -1 28
12 Godoy Cruz 19 7 5 7 28 24 10 4 4 2 16 11 9 3 1 5 12 13 4 26
13 Union Santa Fe 19 7 4 8 23 26 10 4 2 4 14 10 9 3 2 4 9 16 -3 25
14 Rosario Central 19 7 3 9 27 28 9 5 0 4 14 10 10 2 3 5 13 18 -1 24
15 Argentinos Juniors 19 6 6 7 18 19 9 4 2 3 11 8 10 2 4 4 7 11 -1 24
16 Racing Club 19 5 8 6 16 14 9 2 4 3 6 6 10 3 4 3 10 8 2 23
17 Platense 19 5 8 6 24 23 9 2 5 2 10 9 10 3 3 4 14 14 1 23
18 Sarmiento 19 6 5 8 21 23 10 5 1 4 14 11 9 1 4 4 7 12 -2 23
19 Atletico Tucuman 19 5 6 8 20 30 9 3 5 1 12 9 10 2 1 7 8 21 -10 21
20 Aldosivi 19 6 3 10 19 30 10 4 0 6 12 17 9 2 3 4 7 13 -11 21
21 Patronato 19 4 8 7 20 24 9 3 4 2 11 8 10 1 4 5 9 16 -4 20
22 Newell's Old Boys 19 5 5 9 19 26 10 4 2 4 13 14 9 1 3 5 6 12 -7 20
23 San Lorenzo 19 5 5 9 17 25 9 4 2 3 11 9 10 1 3 6 6 16 -8 20
24 Banfield 19 3 9 7 15 22 9 2 2 5 9 14 10 1 7 2 6 8 -7 18
25 Arsenal de Sarandi 19 3 7 9 8 23 10 3 5 2 6 7 9 0 2 7 2 16 -15 16
26 Central Cordoba SdE 19 2 8 9 18 26 10 2 3 5 13 17 9 0 5 4 5 9 -8 14

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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.