Superliga match prediction: Little separates Gimnasia La Plata and Unión Santa Fe in quality

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo (35000 seats)

Gimnasia La Plata are up for a new challenge after their 3-0 against Platense previously. Unión Santa Fe are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Superliga
  • Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Superliga

It's no vacation for neither Gimnasia La Plata nor Unión Santa Fe as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Gimnasia La Plata form and stats

The total Superliga stats at home this season for Gimnasia La Plata are 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Gimnasia La Plata enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Platense's place. The match ended 3-0 with Sosa, Tarragona and Ramírez scoring. Rey, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.33 out of 10 in that game. Rey topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Gimnasia lost 1-3 at home to Sarmiento.

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 twelve matches with the results: Won eight, drawn two and lost two.

Gimnasia La Plata are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. On the other hand, Gimnasia have conceded 7 goals.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Unión Santa Fe have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far. Unión Santa Fe seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Unión Santa Fe failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs San Lorenzo (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Defender Polenta was the best team player with a rating of 7.14. Polenta hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Racing Club before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Unión Santa Fe in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Unión Santa Fe, six draws and six defeats.

Unión have another match away in just three nights, a Copa Sudamericana fixture versus Fluminense. A strenuous diary for the visitors!

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Unión Santa Fe's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Gimnasia La Plata victories, three draws and three Unión Santa Fe wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gimnasia La PlataC. Tarragona
C. Tarragona
6 goals
Gimnasia La PlataB. Alemán Athaydes
B. Alemán Athaydes
3 goals
Gimnasia La PlataE. Ramírez
E. Ramírez
2 goals

Gimnasia La Plata missing players

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Gimnasia La Plata Unión Santa Fe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 5 11
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 5
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 2
4 1 1 Lost L 1 3 4
14 7 3 Scored S 1 2 9
19 7 5 Conceded C 2 5 8
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 60% 82%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 36%
73% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 36%
45% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 36%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 55%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 27%
 
5.5 7.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 5.3
5.3 3.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 5
3.5 3.8 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.3 13 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6 8.3
5.4 6.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3
24% 23% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 15% 27%
 
10.6 7.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11 8.9
4.2 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.6 3.9
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Gimnasia La Plata have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Unión Santa Fe have scored away.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Superliga
  • Gimnasia La Plata have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Gimnasia La Plata have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Gimnasia La Plata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
  • Unión Santa Fe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have yet to win a game 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 Racing Club 10 7 3 0 20 6 5 4 1 0 9 1 5 3 2 0 11 5 14 24
2 River Plate 10 7 1 2 21 9 5 3 1 1 14 6 5 4 0 1 7 3 12 22
3 Newell's Old Boys 10 6 1 3 14 10 5 4 0 1 9 3 5 2 1 2 5 7 4 19
4 Defensa y Justicia 10 5 3 2 21 15 5 1 3 1 8 8 5 4 0 1 13 7 6 18
5 Argentinos Juniors 10 5 2 3 14 12 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 2 1 2 7 9 2 17
6 Unión Santa Fe 11 5 2 4 9 8 6 5 0 1 7 3 5 0 2 3 2 5 1 17
7 Sarmiento 10 5 2 3 15 15 5 3 2 0 9 6 5 2 0 3 6 9 0 17
8 Gimnasia La Plata 11 4 3 4 14 19 5 2 2 1 7 7 6 2 1 3 7 12 -5 15
9 Banfield 10 4 2 4 13 11 5 1 1 3 7 7 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 14
10 San Lorenzo 11 2 5 4 11 13 5 0 3 2 6 8 6 2 2 2 5 5 -2 11
11 Platense 11 2 2 7 9 19 6 2 0 4 4 7 5 0 2 3 5 12 -10 8
12 Patronato 10 2 1 7 6 14 5 1 1 3 2 4 5 1 0 4 4 10 -8 7
13 Atletico Tucuman 10 1 3 6 6 17 5 1 1 3 4 9 5 0 2 3 2 8 -11 6
14 Talleres Cordoba 10 1 2 7 6 15 5 1 1 3 4 9 5 0 1 4 2 6 -9 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.