Estadio Oscar Pachi Funes: Estudiantes vs Union Santa Fe Superliga preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 22:40 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Oscar Pachi Funes (35000 seats)

Estudiantes and Union Santa Fe have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Superliga.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Estudiantes form and stats

Estudiantes, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Superliga, have performed here at Estadio Oscar Pachi Funes this season with 5 wins from 8 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. The last three games played by Estudiantes, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Estudiantes drew their last game, 1-1 away at San Lorenzo (placed 9th). 1-1 away at Argentinos Juniors before that.

The hometeam coach G. Milito made a successful contribution in the game against San Lorenzo, bringing on Mateo Retegui who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Estudiantes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost three.

The Estudiantes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Defensively Estudiantes have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

Unión Santa Fe have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

The Unión Santa Fe goalkeeper Sebastian Emanuel Moyano is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 304 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Unión Santa Fe are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Superliga against Argentinos Juniors (placed 4th). A 0-0 draw at Talleres Córdoba's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Unión Santa Fe have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were Wone-Dthree-Lsix.

The attacking power of Unión Santa Fe when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Unión Santa Fe have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - two - zero (Estudiantes wins - draws - Unión Santa Fe wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Unión Santa FeW. Bou
W. Bou
4 goals
EstudiantesÁ. Gonzalez
Á. Gonzalez
2 goals
Unión Santa FeE. Bonifacio
E. Bonifacio
2 goals

Estudiantes missing players

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Estudiantes Unión Santa Fe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 9 17
7 5 2 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
6 1 0 Lost L 2 4 6
17 10 5 Scored S 1 8 16
14 2 1 Conceded C 4 14 20
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 78% 82%
47% 38% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 53%
29% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 41%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 12%
29% 12% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 41%
47% 75% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 41%
29% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 35%
 
5.2 6.2 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.6 3.9
4.5 4.6 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.7 6 5.1
2.8 2.6 3.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.4 2.4
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 2 2 3
 
166 90 19 Total Shots T S 22 76 184
66 38 10 Shots on Target S O 12 32 65
26% 26% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 25% 25%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Estudiantes has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
  • Estudiantes has the most clean sheets (6) at home
  • Estudiantes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Estudiantes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have won significantly less corners away then 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 17 10 3 4 32 15 8 3 1 4 8 6 9 7 2 0 24 9 17 33
2 Boca Juniors 17 8 6 3 19 7 9 4 4 1 12 4 8 4 2 2 7 3 12 30
3 Velez Sarsfield 18 8 6 4 18 12 9 4 4 1 12 6 9 4 2 3 6 6 6 30
4 Argentinos Juniors 17 8 6 3 16 12 8 6 2 0 13 6 9 2 4 3 3 6 4 30
5 Rosario Central 17 7 8 2 25 17 9 5 3 1 17 8 8 2 5 1 8 9 8 29
6 Lanús 17 8 5 4 23 21 8 5 2 1 12 7 9 3 3 3 11 14 2 29
7 Arsenal de Sarandi 17 8 4 5 28 21 9 4 4 1 17 11 8 4 0 4 11 10 7 28
8 Racing Club 17 6 9 2 21 19 9 4 4 1 11 10 8 2 5 1 10 9 2 27
9 San Lorenzo 17 8 3 6 24 23 9 4 2 3 15 15 8 4 1 3 9 8 1 27
10 Newell's Old Boys 17 7 5 5 26 21 8 5 1 2 14 8 9 2 4 3 12 13 5 26
11 Atlético Tucumán 17 7 5 5 18 16 8 4 2 2 11 8 9 3 3 3 7 8 2 26
12 Estudiantes 17 7 4 6 17 14 8 5 2 1 10 2 9 2 2 5 7 12 3 25
13 Defensa y Justicia 17 7 3 7 17 15 9 3 2 4 8 7 8 4 1 3 9 8 2 24
14 Talleres Córdoba 17 7 3 7 23 22 8 4 3 1 12 10 9 3 0 6 11 12 1 24
15 Unión Santa Fe 17 6 5 6 16 20 8 4 2 2 8 6 9 2 3 4 8 14 -4 23
16 Independiente 17 6 4 7 18 21 8 3 1 4 12 12 9 3 3 3 6 9 -3 22
17 Banfield 17 5 6 6 16 16 9 2 3 4 10 12 8 3 3 2 6 4 0 21
18 Central Cordoba SdE 17 5 6 6 18 19 9 4 3 2 8 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -1 21
19 Aldosivi 18 4 4 10 16 26 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 1 1 7 7 18 -10 16
20 Colón 17 5 1 11 16 27 9 5 1 3 11 11 8 0 0 8 5 16 -11 16
21 Gimnasia La Plata 17 4 3 10 18 19 9 1 1 7 3 10 8 3 2 3 15 9 -1 15
22 Huracán 17 3 6 8 9 18 8 2 3 3 5 8 9 1 3 5 4 10 -9 15
23 Patronato 17 3 5 9 14 26 8 2 2 4 6 11 9 1 3 5 8 15 -12 14
24 Godoy Cruz 17 3 0 14 16 37 9 2 0 7 8 20 8 1 0 7 8 17 -21 9

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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.