Superliga match preview and statistics: Gimnasia La Plata fight Rosario Central

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Thu 29.July
Match begins: 21:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona

Another interesting game in the Superliga. Gimnasia La Plata is in the 14th position after playing two matches. They welcome Rosario Central who are placed 10th after two games.

Insights:
  • Gimnasia La Plata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rosario Central have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superliga.

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Gimnasia La Plata form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Gimnasia La Plata at their home stadium (Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Gimnasia drew their last game, 0-0 away at Racing Club (placed 17th). Matías Melluso, defender, was given a rating of 7.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Melluso won 4 of 6 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Platense.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gimnasia La Plata as they are travelling to their away game against Defensa y Justicia in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Gimnasia La Plata's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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Rosario Central form and stats

The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. Rosario has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Emiliano Vecchio scored in Rosario's previous match, the home game against Vélez Sarsfield that ended 1-0. Emiliano Vecchio got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, top player of the team. Vecchio scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 57 successful passes (of 67 total). Late drama in the previous game, when Emiliano Vecchio scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Vélez Sarsfield.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Deportivo Tachira in the Copa Sudamericana.

A new game in only four days for Rosario, the Superliga home match versus Aldosivi. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rosario Central has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Gimnasia victories, two draws and five Rosario Central wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GimnasiaL. Licht
L. Licht
3 goals
Gimnasia La PlataJ. Carbonero Balanta
J. Carbonero Balanta
3 goals
Gimnasia La PlataB. Alemán Athaydes
B. Alemán Athaydes
3 goals

Gimnasia La Plata missing players

Rosario Central missing players

Gimnasia La Plata Rosario Central
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 3 7 15
3 3 1 Won W 1 1 6
8 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 2 0 Lost L 1 5 6
17 12 2 Scored S 1 3 18
22 13 0 Conceded C 1 12 20
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 93%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 67%
47% 71% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 60%
33% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 27%
20% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
53% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 47%
33% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 67% 29% 27%
33% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 33%
 
4.6 4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5 5.5
5.7 5.7 10 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.6 4.9
2.2 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.9 3.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 5 6
 
9.6 10.1 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9 9.3
3.4 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.1 3.2
33% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 20% 38%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of Gimnasia La Plata's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rosario Central have scored away.
  • Gimnasia La Plata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rosario Central have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lanús 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 5 6
2 Patronato 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Godoy Cruz 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 San Lorenzo 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Independiente 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 River Plate 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
7 Estudiantes 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
8 Newell's Old Boys 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Huracan 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Rosario Central 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
11 Atlético Tucumán 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
12 Aldosivi 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
13 Colon 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
14 Gimnasia La Plata 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Banfield 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
16 Boca Juniors 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
17 Racing Club 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Arsenal de Sarandi 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Argentinos Juniors 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
20 Platense 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
21 Central Cordoba SdE 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
22 Vélez Sarsfield 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
23 Unión Santa Fe 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
24 Talleres Cordoba 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
25 Defensa y Justicia 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
26 Sarmiento 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 0

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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.