Superliga match prediction: Little separates Gimnasia La Plata and Godoy Cruz in quality

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Fri 05.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo (35000 seats)

The two squads are satisfied with a fine season so far and match dates like this one could be decisive. Read up on Gimnasia La Plata - Godoy Cruz!

Insights:
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Superliga
  • Godoy Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Godoy Cruz, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

Gimnasia La Plata and Godoy Cruz should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gimnasia La Plata form and stats

Gimnasia La Plata have collected 13 points from their Superliga home games so far after 4-1-0.

Gimnasia are confident in defense, having played 227 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Gimnasia La Plata, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Huracan away with the result 1-0. Morales was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.74 out of 10. The defender Morales won 6 of 11 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Lanus in a game that was won 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gimnasia La Plata have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 latest league matches highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Argentina game versus Patronato in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo.

Gimnasia has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Gimnasia La Plata have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Godoy Cruz form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Godoy Cruz so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Godoy's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Velez Sarsfield (placed 23rd). Defender Barrios was the best team player with a rating of 8.11. Barrios scored one goal and won 9 of 10 duels.

A 1-2 defeat away at Union Santa Fe before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Godoy Cruz in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Godoy Cruz, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Last seven meetings involving these squads: Gimnasia won five, Godoy Cruz were winners in two and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last seven encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Gimnasia La PlataC. Tarragona
C. Tarragona
10 goals
Godoy CruzM. Ojeda
M. Ojeda
9 goals
Godoy CruzE. Rodríguez Lima
E. Rodríguez Lima
9 goals

Gimnasia La Plata missing players

Godoy Cruz missing players

Gimnasia La Plata Godoy Cruz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 5 13 25
13 8 3 Won W 1 3 8
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 10
6 1 0 Lost L 2 6 7
35 18 7 Scored S 6 17 34
26 9 3 Conceded C 6 20 33
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 92%
64% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 85% 80%
44% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 48%
32% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 24%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
40% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 77% 68%
44% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 24%
24% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 15% 16%
 
5.4 7.2 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 5.1 5.6
5.6 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.9 5.1
3 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 6 10
 
12.2 13.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14.4 11.9 13.6
5.1 5.9 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.8 4.7
28% 25% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 35% 29%
 
10.8 9.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 13.7 11.1
3.6 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 5.2 4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Superliga
  • Gimnasia La Plata have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Godoy Cruz 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 Atletico Tucuman 11 7 4 0 12 3 6 4 2 0 9 3 5 3 2 0 3 0 9 25
2 Gimnasia La Plata 11 6 3 2 11 6 5 4 1 0 7 1 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 21
3 Argentinos Juniors 11 6 2 3 15 10 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 20
4 Racing Club 10 5 3 2 16 8 5 4 1 0 11 1 5 1 2 2 5 7 8 18
5 Godoy Cruz 11 5 3 3 13 9 5 4 1 0 8 3 6 1 2 3 5 6 4 18
6 Union Santa Fe 10 5 3 2 18 16 5 2 1 2 7 8 5 3 2 0 11 8 2 18
7 Platense 10 4 5 1 11 8 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 2 2 1 5 5 3 17
8 Huracan 11 4 5 2 11 9 5 2 2 1 5 3 6 2 3 1 6 6 2 17
9 San Lorenzo 11 3 7 1 15 12 6 1 5 0 10 9 5 2 2 1 5 3 3 16
10 Newell's Old Boys 11 4 4 3 10 9 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 3 1 2 6 5 1 16
11 River Plate 10 4 3 3 15 10 4 2 1 1 3 3 6 2 2 2 12 7 5 15
12 Boca Juniors 10 5 0 5 16 16 6 4 0 2 12 10 4 1 0 3 4 6 0 15
13 Banfield 11 3 5 3 12 10 6 1 3 2 8 9 5 2 2 1 4 1 2 14
14 Patronato 10 4 2 4 13 13 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 1 1 3 7 10 0 14
15 Rosario Central 10 4 2 4 7 7 5 3 1 1 3 1 5 1 1 3 4 6 0 14
16 Colon 10 3 4 3 10 9 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 1 2 2 4 4 1 13
17 Defensa y Justicia 10 3 4 3 11 12 5 2 3 0 7 5 5 1 1 3 4 7 -1 13
18 Tigre 10 3 3 4 14 14 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 1 1 3 7 10 0 12
19 Arsenal de Sarandi 10 2 6 2 11 13 5 1 3 1 4 6 5 1 3 1 7 7 -2 12
20 Barracas Central 10 3 3 4 13 16 6 2 1 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 -3 12
21 Estudiantes 11 3 3 5 13 16 6 2 3 1 8 7 5 1 0 4 5 9 -3 12
22 Sarmiento 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 3 1 1 8 5 5 0 1 4 1 6 -2 11
23 Velez Sarsfield 11 1 6 4 11 14 5 1 2 2 5 5 6 0 4 2 6 9 -3 9
24 Talleres Cordoba 10 2 3 5 6 10 5 2 0 3 3 5 5 0 3 2 3 5 -4 9
25 Independiente 10 2 2 6 8 14 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 0 1 4 4 9 -6 8
26 Central Cordoba SdE 10 2 2 6 10 17 5 1 0 4 4 10 5 1 2 2 6 7 -7 8
27 Lanus 10 1 3 6 9 16 4 1 2 1 6 6 6 0 1 5 3 10 -7 6
28 Aldosivi 10 1 2 7 6 18 5 1 1 3 2 6 5 0 1 4 4 12 -12 5

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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.