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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Thu 01.September
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó (48314 seats)

Huracán are finding life sweet in the top league spots while Central Cordoba SdE are more involved in steering clear of relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Huracán have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Superliga

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Huracán form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó as Huracán have scored 10 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Huracán bring valid hopes of a third.

The home team returns to Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó after drawing with Arsenal de Sarandi (placed 15th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Cristaldo (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.94/10. Cristaldo scored one goal and hit four key passes.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Newell's Old Boys.

Not much happening? In this club's last 16 league matches, 13 have seen two goals or less.

Huracán has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Huracán have conceded only 4 goals.

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Central Cordoba SdE form and stats

Central Cordoba SdE have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 2-2-4 (8 played). Central seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Central Cordoba SdE delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Lanus (placed 28th) in their previous fixture. The attacker López got a match rating of 7.65 in that game. López scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A 0-3 defeat away at River Plate before that.

The visiting Central Cordoba SdE have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. 11 goals have been conceded by Central in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have met previously this season: Central Cordoba SdE - Huracán 2-2. Statistics for the last three meetings between these two sides are: one win for Huracán, two draws and zero wins for Central Cordoba SdE. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

HuracánF. Cristaldo
F. Cristaldo
11 goals
Central Cordoba SdER. López Patrón
R. López Patrón
11 goals
HuracánM. Cóccaro Ferreira
M. Cóccaro Ferreira
10 goals

Huracán missing players

Central Cordoba SdE missing players

Huracán Central Cordoba SdE
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 14 5 Played P 5 15 30
12 7 3 Won W 1 4 8
10 3 1 Drew D 0 5 9
8 4 1 Lost L 4 6 13
36 20 9 Scored S 1 14 36
31 14 4 Conceded C 7 20 46
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
67% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 73% 77%
37% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 40% 53%
20% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 30%
13% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
50% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 50%
40% 43% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 23%
23% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 40% 30%
 
5.5 5.7 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3.5
3.9 4.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.1 6
2.8 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.3 2.3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.8 13.4 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 10.1 11.1
4.3 4.4 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4.6
28% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 5% 22% 26%
 
9.4 8.9 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 13.7 13
3.1 2.9 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.3 4.4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Huracán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Huracán have the most matches under the total-line (16) 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 Atletico Tucuman 15 9 5 1 18 6 8 6 2 0 14 3 7 3 3 1 4 3 12 32
2 Gimnasia La Plata 15 8 5 2 16 7 7 5 2 0 9 1 8 3 3 2 7 6 9 29
3 Huracán 16 7 7 2 19 12 7 4 2 1 10 4 9 3 5 1 9 8 7 28
4 Godoy Cruz 16 8 4 4 20 14 7 5 2 0 11 4 9 3 2 4 9 10 6 28
5 Argentinos Juniors 16 8 3 5 18 14 9 6 1 2 12 7 7 2 2 3 6 7 4 27
6 River Plate 16 7 5 4 25 14 7 4 1 2 11 6 9 3 4 2 14 8 11 26
7 Racing Club 16 6 7 3 23 14 8 4 3 1 15 6 8 2 4 2 8 8 9 25
8 Platense 16 6 7 3 17 13 8 3 5 0 9 4 8 3 2 3 8 9 4 25
9 San Lorenzo 16 5 9 2 22 17 9 2 7 0 13 10 7 3 2 2 9 7 5 24
10 Patronato 15 6 5 4 22 18 8 5 2 1 12 5 7 1 3 3 10 13 4 23
11 Boca Juniors 15 7 2 6 19 20 8 5 1 2 14 11 7 2 1 4 5 9 -1 23
12 Union Santa Fe 14 6 3 5 20 22 7 3 1 3 9 11 7 3 2 2 11 11 -2 21
13 Newell's Old Boys 16 5 5 6 14 16 8 2 4 2 7 6 8 3 1 4 7 10 -2 20
14 Tigre 16 4 7 5 22 21 8 3 4 1 11 6 8 1 3 4 11 15 1 19
15 Arsenal de Sarandi 16 3 10 3 16 17 8 2 5 1 8 8 8 1 5 2 8 9 -1 19
16 Estudiantes 15 5 4 6 15 17 8 4 3 1 10 7 7 1 1 5 5 10 -2 19
17 Rosario Central 16 5 4 7 12 16 8 4 1 3 6 6 8 1 3 4 6 10 -4 19
18 Banfield 16 4 6 6 15 17 9 1 4 4 9 13 7 3 2 2 6 4 -2 18
19 Central Cordoba SdE 16 5 3 8 19 23 8 3 1 4 10 12 8 2 2 4 9 11 -4 18
20 Sarmiento 15 5 3 7 16 20 7 4 1 2 11 8 8 1 2 5 5 12 -4 18
21 Defensa y Justicia 16 4 6 6 14 18 8 2 5 1 7 6 8 2 1 5 7 12 -4 18
22 Colon 15 4 6 5 13 17 8 3 3 2 9 10 7 1 3 3 4 7 -4 18
23 Barracas Central 15 4 5 6 17 24 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 1 3 3 6 12 -7 17
24 Talleres Cordoba 15 3 6 6 12 15 8 3 2 3 9 9 7 0 4 3 3 6 -3 15
25 Independiente 15 3 5 7 14 18 7 2 2 3 5 7 8 1 3 4 9 11 -4 14
26 Aldosivi 15 3 3 9 10 23 7 2 1 4 5 9 8 1 2 5 5 14 -13 12
27 Velez Sarsfield 15 1 8 6 16 21 7 1 4 2 7 7 8 0 4 4 9 14 -5 11
28 Lanus 16 2 5 9 14 24 7 2 3 2 8 8 9 0 2 7 6 16 -10 11

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.