Home advantage could prove decisive in Lanús - Sarmiento battle

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez (46619 seats)

Most experts are most impressed by Lanús so far this season, with their 7th place in the Superliga table and looking forward to facing Sarmiento (who are in 17th).

Insights:
  • Lanús have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Superliga
  • Lanús have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sarmiento have scored away.

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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Lanús form and stats

All-inclusive Superliga results playing at home this season for Lanús are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez after drawing with Godoy Cruz (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 4-4. A disappointing finish for Lanús in their match versus Godoy Cruz as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 4-4 full time score. Díaz has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four matches in a row. First-class! The striker Díaz bested all teammates in that match and managed a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Díaz scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

1-1 away at Central Cordoba SdE before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lanús handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Lanús have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Lanús are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.

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Sarmiento form and stats

There's been little loot from Sarmiento's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Superliga. Sarmiento only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.

Impressive finishing from Bettini secured the home win 1-0 against Arsenal de Sarandi in their previous game. Bettini, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.31. Bettini scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 3 of 3 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Tigre's place.

Sarmiento 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, 5 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Lacking goals? 9 of this club's latest 10 league matches have seen two or less goals.

Sarmiento are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 6 away games. It's not easy to score on Sarmiento as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior five meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Lanús, one draw and two wins for Sarmiento. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

LanúsL. Díaz
L. Díaz
6 goals
SarmientoL. Gondou
L. Gondou
4 goals
LanúsF. Orozco
F. Orozco
3 goals

Lanús missing players

Sarmiento missing players

Lanús Sarmiento
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 0 Played P 2 6 12
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
4 1 0 Drew D 1 3 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
19 8 0 Scored S 0 3 13
13 3 0 Conceded C 1 3 12
83% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 83%
83% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 50%
58% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
50% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 25%
42% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 42%
25% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 50%
 
4.2 4.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.8 5
5.2 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 10 7 6.3
2.7 3.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.8
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.7 10.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.2 13.1
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.8 4.6
40% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 24%
 
12.8 12.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 17.5 16.8
3.4 2.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.8
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 Sarmiento have scored away.
  • Lanús have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Superliga
  • Lanús have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Superliga
  • Lanús have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Superliga
  • Sarmiento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sarmiento have won significantly less corners away then 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 12 10 0 2 22 5 5 4 0 1 10 3 7 6 0 1 12 2 17 30
2 San Lorenzo 12 7 3 2 14 5 6 5 1 0 8 0 6 2 2 2 6 5 9 24
3 Rosario Central 12 6 4 2 16 14 6 5 1 0 9 3 6 1 3 2 7 11 2 22
4 Talleres Cordoba 12 6 3 3 20 10 7 3 1 3 8 5 5 3 2 0 12 5 10 21
5 Defensa y Justicia 12 6 3 3 16 8 7 3 2 2 9 7 5 3 1 1 7 1 8 21
6 Belgrano 12 6 3 3 12 9 5 2 2 1 4 3 7 4 1 2 8 6 3 21
7 Lanús 12 5 4 3 19 13 5 3 1 1 8 3 7 2 3 2 11 10 6 19
8 Argentinos Juniors 12 5 3 4 15 8 5 4 1 0 13 2 7 1 2 4 2 6 7 18
9 Racing Club 12 5 3 4 15 13 6 3 2 1 7 5 6 2 1 3 8 8 2 18
10 Estudiantes 12 5 3 4 13 12 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 3 1 2 6 6 1 18
11 Newell's Old Boys 12 5 3 4 10 11 6 4 1 1 5 1 6 1 2 3 5 10 -1 18
12 Platense 12 4 5 3 14 14 7 2 4 1 8 8 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 17
13 Godoy Cruz 12 5 2 5 15 17 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 2 0 4 4 10 -2 17
14 Tigre 12 4 4 4 12 13 5 2 1 2 5 5 7 2 3 2 7 8 -1 16
15 Instituto 12 4 4 4 12 13 6 2 3 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 7 8 -1 16
16 Velez Sarsfield 12 3 6 3 15 11 7 2 4 1 12 7 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 15
17 Sarmiento 12 4 3 5 13 12 6 3 0 3 10 9 6 1 3 2 3 3 1 15
18 Central Cordoba SdE 12 4 3 5 8 13 6 3 1 2 5 4 6 1 2 3 3 9 -5 15
19 Boca Juniors 12 4 2 6 13 12 7 2 2 3 7 7 5 2 0 3 6 5 1 14
20 Huracan 12 3 4 5 13 17 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 1 2 3 7 9 -4 13
21 Barracas Central 12 3 4 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 4 6 6 1 2 3 6 10 -6 13
22 Banfield 12 3 4 5 8 14 7 2 3 2 2 5 5 1 1 3 6 9 -6 13
23 Colon 12 1 8 3 10 13 6 0 4 2 5 8 6 1 4 1 5 5 -3 11
24 Gimnasia La Plata 12 3 2 7 9 20 6 3 1 2 7 6 6 0 1 5 2 14 -11 11
25 Independiente 12 1 7 4 9 13 6 0 3 3 7 11 6 1 4 1 2 2 -4 10
26 Atletico Tucuman 12 1 7 4 8 15 6 1 3 2 6 9 6 0 4 2 2 6 -7 10
27 Arsenal de Sarandi 12 2 2 8 9 18 5 1 1 3 5 8 7 1 1 5 4 10 -9 8
28 Union Santa Fe 12 1 5 6 7 18 6 1 2 3 4 9 6 0 3 3 3 9 -11 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.