Gimnasia La Plata duels with Lanús in Superliga battle

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Mon 15.May
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo (35000 seats)

Gimnasia La Plata will want to utilise their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 7 points behind Lanús.

Insights:
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Superliga
  • Lanús have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Superliga

Lanús could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Argentina game only four sleeps ago.

W L D W L

Gimnasia La Plata form and stats

Gimnasia La Plata have collected 11 points from their Superliga home games so far after 3-2-2.

Gimnasia La Plata enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Arsenal de Sarandi's place. The match ended 1-0 with Tarragona scoring. Colazo (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Colazo hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that result, a home defeat in the Copa Sudamericana against Goiás.

Gimnasia are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Godoy Cruz awaits in four days.

Gimnasia La Plata are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games.

W W W D D

Lanús form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Lanús have produced an overall stat of 2-3-2 so far. Lanús has drawn their two previous away games.

The fans enjoyed Lanús's previous match versus Sol de Mayo, a Copa Argentina win (3-1) played at home.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Huracan in the Superliga.

The travelling fans enjoy Lanús's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Lanús have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gimnasia La Plata one win, one draw and Lanús eight victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

LanúsL. Díaz
L. Díaz
8 goals
GimnasiaC. Tarragona
C. Tarragona
3 goals
Gimnasia La PlataA. Lescano
A. Lescano
3 goals

Gimnasia La Plata missing players

Lanús missing players

Gimnasia La Plata Lanús
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 4 7 14
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
7 2 2 Lost L 2 2 3
15 8 2 Scored S 5 11 22
23 7 5 Conceded C 6 10 14
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
73% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
47% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 57% 57%
33% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 7%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
40% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 50%
27% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 43%
47% 43% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 21%
 
5.9 7 11 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.1 4.1
5.3 3.7 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.3 5.4
2.4 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
12.6 13.4 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 12.7 11.9
4.1 4.7 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4 4.1
24% 24% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 39% 39%
 
13.1 10.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.1 12.8
4.5 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4 3.4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Superliga
  • Lanús have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Superliga

  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 12 1 2 26 6 7 6 0 1 13 3 8 6 1 1 13 3 20 37
2 San Lorenzo 15 8 5 2 15 5 8 6 2 0 9 0 7 2 3 2 6 5 10 29
3 Defensa y Justicia 15 8 4 3 20 8 8 4 2 2 11 7 7 4 2 1 9 1 12 28
4 Talleres Córdoba 15 8 3 4 27 14 8 4 1 3 11 6 7 4 2 1 16 8 13 27
5 Estudiantes 15 8 3 4 18 13 8 4 2 2 10 6 7 4 1 2 8 7 5 27
6 Belgrano 15 8 3 4 14 11 7 4 2 1 6 3 8 4 1 3 8 8 3 27
7 Rosario Central 15 7 5 3 23 19 8 6 2 0 15 5 7 1 3 3 8 14 4 26
8 Lanús 14 7 4 3 22 14 7 5 1 1 11 4 7 2 3 2 11 10 8 25
9 Godoy Cruz 15 6 4 5 18 18 7 3 3 1 11 7 8 3 1 4 7 11 0 22
10 Tigre 15 5 6 4 16 16 7 3 2 2 8 7 8 2 4 2 8 9 0 21
11 Argentinos Juniors 15 5 5 5 19 14 7 4 2 1 17 8 8 1 3 4 2 6 5 20
12 Newell's Old Boys 15 5 5 5 12 14 7 4 2 1 5 1 8 1 3 4 7 13 -2 20
13 Sarmiento 15 5 4 6 16 15 7 3 1 3 11 10 8 2 3 3 5 5 1 19
14 Boca Juniors 15 5 3 7 18 16 8 3 2 3 10 8 7 2 1 4 8 8 2 18
15 Racing Club 15 5 3 7 19 23 8 3 2 3 10 12 7 2 1 4 9 11 -4 18
16 Central Cordoba SdE 15 5 3 7 10 16 8 3 1 4 5 7 7 2 2 3 5 9 -6 18
17 Gimnasia La Plata 15 5 3 7 15 23 7 3 2 2 8 7 8 2 1 5 7 16 -8 18
18 Colon 15 3 8 4 14 16 8 2 4 2 9 9 7 1 4 2 5 7 -2 17
19 Barracas Central 15 4 5 6 13 18 8 3 2 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 6 10 -5 17
20 Platense 15 4 5 6 15 21 8 2 4 2 9 10 7 2 1 4 6 11 -6 17
21 Instituto 15 4 5 6 13 19 8 2 4 2 6 8 7 2 1 4 7 11 -6 17
22 Velez Sarsfield 15 3 7 5 16 15 8 2 5 1 12 7 7 1 2 4 4 8 1 16
23 Huracan 15 4 4 7 15 20 7 3 2 2 8 9 8 1 2 5 7 11 -5 16
24 Banfield 15 3 6 6 9 17 8 2 4 2 2 5 7 1 2 4 7 12 -8 15
25 Independiente 15 2 8 5 13 17 7 1 3 3 9 11 8 1 5 2 4 6 -4 14
26 Atletico Tucuman 15 2 8 5 12 18 7 1 4 2 7 10 8 1 4 3 5 8 -6 14
27 Arsenal de Sarandi 15 3 2 10 12 22 7 2 1 4 7 10 8 1 1 6 5 12 -10 11
28 Union Santa Fe 14 1 6 7 8 20 6 1 2 3 4 9 8 0 4 4 4 11 -12 9

Read more about Superliga

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.