Football betting preview: Instituto vs Colón

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Domingo Perón (26535 seats)

Loyal fans at Estadio Juan Domingo Perón haven’t watched many victories this season, with Instituto decaying in the 19th position. The guesting Colón will try to shield their higher league position in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Instituto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Colón have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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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Instituto form and stats

2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Instituto have to build on here at Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in the Superliga.

Instituto haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Varela scored that one.

Instituto are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Barracas Central. Midfielder Lódico was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Lódico hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Central Cordoba SdE (0-2).

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 Instituto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 1.

Instituto have scored {6 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot.

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Colón form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Colón so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-2 (win-draw-lose).

Colón go into this game after a win, the home game against Banfield that ended 2-0. Midfield player Meza was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.42/10. Meza scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Defensa y Justicia's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Colón in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Colón, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (Instituto wins - draws - Colón wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ColónR. Ábila
R. Ábila
5 goals
InstitutoA. Martínez
A. Martínez
4 goals
InstitutoG. Graciani
G. Graciani
2 goals

Instituto missing players

Colón missing players

Instituto Colón
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 7 15
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
5 4 0 Drew D 3 4 8
6 2 1 Lost L 0 2 4
13 6 3 Scored S 3 5 14
19 8 3 Conceded C 3 7 16
87% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 71% 80%
67% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 73%
33% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 33%
20% 12% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 13%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 53%
27% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 27%
53% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 57% 40%
 
5.6 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.7 4.8
4 2.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5 4.5
2.3 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.6 14.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.9 11.6
3.8 3.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.1 4.1
23% 21% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 23% 23%
 
12 8.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12 15 13.5
4.8 3.6 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4 4.2
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Colón have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Instituto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 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 Belgrano 15 8 3 4 14 11 7 4 2 1 6 3 8 4 1 3 8 8 3 27
5 Lanus 14 7 4 3 22 14 7 5 1 1 11 4 7 2 3 2 11 10 8 25
6 Talleres Cordoba 14 7 3 4 23 12 8 4 1 3 11 6 6 3 2 1 12 6 11 24
7 Estudiantes 14 7 3 4 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 7 4 1 2 8 7 3 24
8 Rosario Central 14 6 5 3 19 19 7 5 2 0 11 5 7 1 3 3 8 14 0 23
9 Godoy Cruz 15 6 4 5 18 18 7 3 3 1 11 7 8 3 1 4 7 11 0 22
10 Argentinos Juniors 15 5 5 5 19 14 7 4 2 1 17 8 8 1 3 4 2 6 5 20
11 Tigre 14 5 5 4 14 14 6 3 1 2 6 5 8 2 4 2 8 9 0 20
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 Colón 15 3 8 4 14 16 8 2 4 2 9 9 7 1 4 2 5 7 -2 17
18 Barracas Central 15 4 5 6 13 18 8 3 2 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 6 10 -5 17
19 Instituto 15 4 5 6 13 19 8 2 4 2 6 8 7 2 1 4 7 11 -6 17
20 Velez Sarsfield 14 3 7 4 16 13 8 2 5 1 12 7 6 1 2 3 4 6 3 16
21 Sarmiento 14 4 4 6 15 15 7 3 1 3 11 10 7 1 3 3 4 5 0 16
22 Huracán 15 4 4 7 15 20 7 3 2 2 8 9 8 1 2 5 7 11 -5 16
23 Banfield 15 3 6 6 9 17 8 2 4 2 2 5 7 1 2 4 7 12 -8 15
24 Gimnasia La Plata 14 4 3 7 14 23 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 1 1 5 6 16 -9 15
25 Independiente 15 2 8 5 13 17 7 1 3 3 9 11 8 1 5 2 4 6 -4 14
26 Atlético Tucumán 15 2 8 5 12 18 7 1 4 2 7 10 8 1 4 3 5 8 -6 14
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 Union Santa Fe 14 1 6 7 8 20 6 1 2 3 4 9 8 0 4 4 4 11 -12 9

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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.