Godoy Cruz vs Unión Santa Fe fact sheet

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Fri 05.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie (40268 seats)

Godoy Cruz look forward to meeting Unión Santa Fe with expectations of landing all three points. Can they? Check our match preview!

Insights:
  • Godoy Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals (8) in Superliga

It's quite the trip for Unión Santa Fe when visiting Godoy Cruz as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an energetic fixture!

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Godoy Cruz form and stats

The overall Superliga stats playing at home this season for Godoy Cruz are 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Godoy have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Godoy Cruz travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sarmiento that ended 1-1. Midfielder López was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.3 (out of ten) in that game. López served one assist, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 9 of 13 times and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Central Cordoba SdE with a 2-0 scoreline.

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 Godoy Cruz have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 6 and lost 4.

Godoy Cruz have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Godoy have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

There's been little loot from Unión Santa Fe's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Superliga. Unión Santa Fe only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Unión Santa Fe's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Unión Santa Fe are travelling again after losing away to Arsenal de Sarandi in their previous match (1-2). Late heartbreak for Unión in the Arsenal de Sarandi match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Midfielder Roldán was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.04. Roldán hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A draw for Unión Santa Fe before that, at their own venue hosting Tigre (0-0).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Unión Santa Fe in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Unión Santa Fe, 7 draws and 8 defeats.

After this away game Unión Santa Fe return home for a Copa Argentina game against Almagro. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Unión as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Unión Santa Fe's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Godoy Cruz won three, Unión Santa Fe triumphed in six and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Godoy CruzG. Abrego
G. Abrego
3 goals
GodoyT. Allende
T. Allende
3 goals
Godoy CruzE. Rodríguez Lima
E. Rodríguez Lima
3 goals

Godoy Cruz missing players

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Godoy Cruz Unión Santa Fe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 3 7 13
6 3 1 Won W 0 0 1
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
5 1 0 Lost L 2 4 7
18 11 1 Scored S 1 4 8
18 7 0 Conceded C 3 11 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
64% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 57% 69%
36% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 31%
21% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 15%
14% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 8%
36% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 46%
29% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 23%
36% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 46%
 
4.2 4.5 9 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.9 4.3
3.6 4 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.4 4.2
2.4 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.6 2.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
12.6 12.7 21 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 11 12.5
3.9 4.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.3 3.5
33% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 18%
 
12.1 12.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 14 13
3.4 3.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 4.2
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Godoy Cruz have scored more than double the goals of Unión Santa Fe.
  • Godoy Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión Santa Fe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Unión Santa Fe have the fewest points (3) away in Superliga
  • Unión Santa Fe have the fewest scored goals (8) in Superliga
  • Unión Santa Fe have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Superliga
  • Unión Santa Fe have yet to win a game away.
  • Unión Santa Fe is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 14 11 1 2 25 6 6 5 0 1 12 3 8 6 1 1 13 3 19 34
2 San Lorenzo 14 8 4 2 15 5 7 6 1 0 9 0 7 2 3 2 6 5 10 28
3 Defensa y Justicia 14 8 3 3 20 8 8 4 2 2 11 7 6 4 1 1 9 1 12 27
4 Talleres Cordoba 14 7 3 4 23 12 8 4 1 3 11 6 6 3 2 1 12 6 11 24
5 Estudiantes 14 7 3 4 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 7 4 1 2 8 7 3 24
6 Belgrano 14 7 3 4 13 11 6 3 2 1 5 3 8 4 1 3 8 8 2 24
7 Rosario Central 14 6 5 3 19 19 7 5 2 0 11 5 7 1 3 3 8 14 0 23
8 Lanus 13 6 4 3 21 14 6 4 1 1 10 4 7 2 3 2 11 10 7 22
9 Godoy Cruz 14 6 3 5 18 18 6 3 2 1 11 7 8 3 1 4 7 11 0 21
10 Tigre 14 5 5 4 14 14 6 3 1 2 6 5 8 2 4 2 8 9 0 20
11 Argentinos Juniors 14 5 4 5 17 12 6 4 1 1 15 6 8 1 3 4 2 6 5 19
12 Newell's Old Boys 14 5 4 5 10 12 7 4 2 1 5 1 7 1 2 4 5 11 -2 19
13 Boca Juniors 14 5 3 6 18 15 8 3 2 3 10 8 6 2 1 3 8 7 3 18
14 Racing Club 14 5 3 6 17 19 7 3 2 2 8 8 7 2 1 4 9 11 -2 18
15 Central Cordoba SdE 14 5 3 6 10 15 7 3 1 3 5 6 7 2 2 3 5 9 -5 18
16 Platense 14 4 5 5 15 17 8 2 4 2 9 10 6 2 1 3 6 7 -2 17
17 Instituto 14 4 5 5 13 16 8 2 4 2 6 8 6 2 1 3 7 8 -3 17
18 Velez Sarsfield 14 3 7 4 16 13 8 2 5 1 12 7 6 1 2 3 4 6 3 16
19 Sarmiento 14 4 4 6 15 15 7 3 1 3 11 10 7 1 3 3 4 5 0 16
20 Huracan 14 4 4 6 15 19 7 3 2 2 8 9 7 1 2 4 7 10 -4 16
21 Banfield 14 3 6 5 9 15 8 2 4 2 2 5 6 1 2 3 7 10 -6 15
22 Gimnasia La Plata 14 4 3 7 14 23 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 1 1 5 6 16 -9 15
23 Colón 14 2 8 4 12 16 7 1 4 2 7 9 7 1 4 2 5 7 -4 14
24 Atlético Tucumán 14 2 8 4 12 17 7 1 4 2 7 10 7 1 4 2 5 7 -5 14
25 Barracas Central 14 3 5 6 10 18 7 2 2 3 4 8 7 1 3 3 6 10 -8 14
26 Independiente 14 2 7 5 11 15 7 1 3 3 9 11 7 1 4 2 2 4 -4 13
27 Arsenal de Sarandi 14 3 2 9 12 21 6 2 1 3 7 9 8 1 1 6 5 12 -9 11
28 Unión Santa Fe 13 1 5 7 8 20 6 1 2 3 4 9 7 0 3 4 4 11 -12 8

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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.