Godoy Cruz favourites for feisty fight facing Instituto

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas (40268 seats)

A total of 26 game weeks are done and Godoy Cruz are 9 points on top of Instituto. What will the score be?

Insights:
  • Godoy Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Godoy Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Instituto have scored away.

Godoy Cruz and Instituto 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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Godoy Cruz form and stats

25 points is a decent return from 12 Superliga games here at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas for Godoy Cruz. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Godoy Cruz tasted defeat here at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

The club members are hoping that Godoy will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Banfield (placed 21st). The first loss after collecting points in five league games. Galdames, defender, was given a rating of 6.83/10 in that game, top of the team. Galdames won 4 of 8 duels.

In the game before, 0-0 away to Villa Mitre (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (Copa Argentina). The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Godoy Cruz handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 9 draws and 1 defeat.

Godoy Cruz have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas with 23 goals in 12 league matches. Godoy have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Instituto form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Instituto so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

Instituto go into this game after a win, the home game against Lanús that ended 2-1. Late drama in the previous game, when Martinez scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Lanús. Midfield player Watson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Watson hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Arsenal de Sarandi at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Instituto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Lacking goals? 13 of this side's most recent 17 league matches have had two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Instituto have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Godoy Cruz two wins, zero draws and Instituto zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

InstitutoA. Martínez
A. Martínez
10 goals
GodoyT. Allende
T. Allende
6 goals
Godoy CruzT. Conechny
T. Conechny
6 goals

Godoy Cruz missing players

Instituto missing players

Godoy Cruz Instituto
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 2 12 26
10 7 3 Won W 0 3 8
8 4 1 Drew D 0 2 8
8 1 0 Lost L 2 7 10
33 23 5 Scored S 0 11 22
30 11 1 Conceded C 4 20 31
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 85%
73% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 62%
38% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 31%
19% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 19%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
42% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 35%
31% 42% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 35%
35% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 46%
 
4.7 5.1 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.2 5
3.7 3.8 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.2 4.3
2.7 2.7 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.9 2.4
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13 13.9 17.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.2 12.3
3.8 4.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.7
33% 41% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 23%
 
11.6 12 11 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 15.8 11.9
3.8 3.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 6.2 4.9
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Godoy Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Godoy Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Godoy Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Instituto have scored away.
  • Instituto 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 River Plate 26 18 4 4 48 19 12 11 0 1 24 6 14 7 4 3 24 13 29 58
2 Talleres Cordoba 26 14 7 5 41 22 14 7 4 3 18 10 12 7 3 2 23 12 19 49
3 San Lorenzo 26 12 10 4 23 11 14 8 5 1 12 2 12 4 5 3 11 9 12 46
4 Defensa y Justicia 26 12 8 6 36 21 14 7 5 2 21 11 12 5 3 4 15 10 15 44
5 Lanús 25 11 9 5 35 25 12 8 2 2 18 9 13 3 7 3 17 16 10 42
6 Estudiantes 26 11 9 6 32 22 14 7 5 2 22 10 12 4 4 4 10 12 10 42
7 Rosario Central 26 10 11 5 36 29 14 9 5 0 27 11 12 1 6 5 9 18 7 41
8 Boca Juniors 26 12 5 9 31 24 14 8 3 3 19 10 12 4 2 6 12 14 7 41
9 Argentinos Juniors 26 11 7 8 29 19 12 7 3 2 22 10 14 4 4 6 7 9 10 40
10 Godoy Cruz 26 10 8 8 33 30 12 7 4 1 23 11 14 3 4 7 10 19 3 38
11 Racing Club 26 9 9 8 35 33 14 6 5 3 20 17 12 3 4 5 15 16 2 36
12 Barracas Central 26 8 11 7 25 28 14 5 6 3 12 11 12 3 5 4 13 17 -3 35
13 Belgrano 26 10 5 11 20 26 12 6 3 3 12 8 14 4 2 8 8 18 -6 35
14 Newell's Old Boys 26 8 10 8 23 23 12 6 5 1 12 4 14 2 5 7 11 19 0 34
15 Atletico Tucuman 26 8 10 8 23 27 13 6 4 3 15 13 13 2 6 5 8 14 -4 34
16 Platense 26 9 6 11 25 28 14 6 4 4 15 12 12 3 2 7 10 16 -3 33
17 Tigre 26 8 7 11 25 29 12 4 3 5 12 14 14 4 4 6 13 15 -4 31
18 Sarmiento 26 7 8 11 23 26 12 4 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 7 13 -3 29
19 Central Cordoba SdE 26 7 8 11 20 28 13 5 2 6 9 9 13 2 6 5 11 19 -8 29
20 Instituto 25 7 8 10 20 30 13 4 6 3 9 10 12 3 2 7 11 20 -10 29
21 Banfield 26 7 8 11 21 32 14 5 5 4 9 11 12 2 3 7 12 21 -11 29
22 Gimnasia La Plata 26 7 8 11 23 37 12 5 4 3 12 11 14 2 4 8 11 26 -14 29
23 Independiente 26 6 10 10 23 30 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 2 6 6 8 15 -7 28
24 Velez Sarsfield 26 5 12 9 24 26 14 3 9 2 16 11 12 2 3 7 8 15 -2 27
25 Union Santa Fe 26 5 12 9 17 25 12 3 5 4 10 12 14 2 7 5 7 13 -8 27
26 Colón 26 4 13 9 20 31 14 3 7 4 14 19 12 1 6 5 6 12 -11 25
27 Huracan 26 5 7 14 17 29 12 3 4 5 9 13 14 2 3 9 8 16 -12 22
28 Arsenal de Sarandi 26 5 4 17 16 34 12 4 1 7 11 17 14 1 3 10 5 17 -18 19

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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.