Superliga news and preview: Lanús small front runner to get the better of Atlético Tucumán

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Mon 05.June
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez (46619 seats)

A home win is anticipated from this game if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Lanús regulars are positive that the difference between 7th and Atlético Tucumán's 24th spot in the table will be revealed on the arena.

Insights:
  • Lanús have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Superliga
  • Lanús have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlético Tucumán have scored away.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Lanús form and stats

Lanús have performed here at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez this season with 6 wins from 8 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Lanús has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez. We remember; it was Argentinos Juniors.

An away draw last time out for Lanús, facing Independiente in a game that ended 1-1. Lanús's goalie Acosta played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Independiente with a stunning six saves. Cáceres was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Cáceres won 21 of 30 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Newell's Old Boys in a game that was won 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lanús have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Lanús have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Lanús have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Atlético Tucumán form and stats

There's been little loot from Atlético Tucumán's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Superliga. Atlético Tucumán only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 5 draws.

The Atlético goalkeeper Tomas Ignacio Marchiori Carreno is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 223 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Atlético Tucumán won their last game, 1-0 versus Arsenal de Sarandi played at home. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone four league games without winning. Rodríguez came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Arsenal de Sarandi last time out, making the manager Pusineri feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Kociubinski was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.72. Kociubinski dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 64 successful passes (of 70 total).

A 0-0 draw at Tigre's stadium before that.

Atlético Tucumán are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 6 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

The attacking power of Atlético when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Atlético Tucumán as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former eight meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Lanús, three draws and one win for Atlético Tucumán. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

LanúsL. Díaz
L. Díaz
9 goals
LanúsF. Orozco
F. Orozco
3 goals
LanúsF. Troyansky
F. Troyansky
3 goals

Lanús missing players

Atlético Tucumán missing players

Lanús Atlético Tucumán
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 4 9 18
8 6 2 Won W 0 1 3
5 1 0 Drew D 1 5 9
4 1 0 Lost L 3 3 6
24 12 4 Scored S 0 5 14
16 4 0 Conceded C 5 8 20
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 67% 83%
71% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 44% 61%
47% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 22% 28%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 17%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
41% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 28%
24% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 39%
 
4.4 4.9 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.2 4.4
5.1 5.1 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.2
2.6 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.7
7 4 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.8 11.4 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.4 12.8
3.9 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.7 3.4
36% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 23%
 
12.4 11.8 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 13.7 12.8
3.5 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Lanús have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lanús have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lanús have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlético Tucumán have scored away.
  • Lanús have the most scored goals in the first half (15) 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 River Plate 17 13 1 3 29 9 8 7 0 1 15 4 9 6 1 2 14 5 20 40
2 San Lorenzo 18 10 5 3 19 7 9 7 2 0 11 0 9 3 3 3 8 7 12 35
3 Talleres Córdoba 18 10 4 4 31 16 10 6 1 3 14 7 8 4 3 1 17 9 15 34
4 Estudiantes 17 9 4 4 20 14 9 5 2 2 11 6 8 4 2 2 9 8 6 31
5 Defensa y Justicia 18 8 6 4 23 12 10 4 4 2 13 9 8 4 2 2 10 3 11 30
6 Rosario Central 17 8 6 3 25 20 9 7 2 0 17 6 8 1 4 3 8 14 5 30
7 Lanús 17 8 5 4 24 16 8 6 1 1 12 4 9 2 4 3 12 12 8 29
8 Belgrano 18 8 4 6 15 15 8 4 3 1 7 4 10 4 1 5 8 11 0 28
9 Boca Juniors 18 8 3 7 22 16 10 5 2 3 13 8 8 3 1 4 9 8 6 27
10 Newell's Old Boys 18 7 5 6 16 15 9 6 2 1 9 1 9 1 3 5 7 14 1 26
11 Godoy Cruz 18 7 5 6 20 20 8 4 3 1 13 7 10 3 2 5 7 13 0 26
12 Sarmiento 18 6 6 6 18 15 8 3 2 3 11 10 10 3 4 3 7 5 3 24
13 Argentinos Juniors 18 6 5 7 21 17 8 4 2 2 17 9 10 2 3 5 4 8 4 23
14 Platense 18 6 5 7 20 23 10 4 4 2 13 10 8 2 1 5 7 13 -3 23
15 Tigre 18 5 7 6 17 19 8 3 3 2 8 7 10 2 4 4 9 12 -2 22
16 Barracas Central 18 5 7 6 17 21 10 4 3 3 10 10 8 1 4 3 7 11 -4 22
17 Gimnasia La Plata 18 6 4 8 16 25 9 4 3 2 9 7 9 2 1 6 7 18 -9 22
18 Instituto 17 5 5 7 14 21 9 3 4 2 7 8 8 2 1 5 7 13 -7 20
19 Central Cordoba SdE 18 5 5 8 14 21 9 3 1 5 5 8 9 2 4 3 9 13 -7 20
20 Colon 18 3 10 5 17 20 10 2 6 2 12 12 8 1 4 3 5 8 -3 19
21 Racing Club 17 5 4 8 20 27 8 3 2 3 10 12 9 2 2 5 10 15 -7 19
22 Independiente 18 3 9 6 17 21 9 2 4 3 12 13 9 1 5 3 5 8 -4 18
23 Huracan 17 4 6 7 15 20 8 3 3 2 8 9 9 1 3 5 7 11 -5 18
24 Atlético Tucumán 18 3 9 6 14 20 9 2 4 3 9 12 9 1 5 3 5 8 -6 18
25 Velez Sarsfield 16 3 8 5 16 15 9 2 6 1 12 7 7 1 2 4 4 8 1 17
26 Banfield 17 3 6 8 10 20 9 2 4 3 3 7 8 1 2 5 7 13 -10 15
27 Arsenal de Sarandi 18 4 2 12 14 26 8 3 1 4 9 11 10 1 1 8 5 15 -12 14
28 Union Santa Fe 16 2 6 8 9 22 7 1 2 4 4 11 9 1 4 4 5 11 -13 12

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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.