It's early days in the Superliga and both Patronato and Vélez Sarsfield are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
- Patronato has the fewest scored goals (1) in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Superliga
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Sudamericana game only four days ago. That game, against Deportivo Cali, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Vélez Sarsfield.
Patronato form and stats
Patronato are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Superliga games here at Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella.
Patronato are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 290 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by J. Arias).
Patronato are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Huracan. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Gimnasia La Plata that ended 0-0.
The penalty miss from Christian Chimino in the defeat against Huracan was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
Early season league goal statistics from Patronato's 2 home games: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
Vélez Sarsfield are still undefeated on their travels in the Superliga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
It's the second away game in a row for Sarsfield, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus Deportivo Cali in the Copa Sudamericana last time out. The game before that, in the Superliga, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Gimnasia La Plata.
As mentioned above, Sarsfield was the only team on the pitch versus Deportivo Cali in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Vélez Sarsfield has managed 4 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Vélez Sarsfield - Patronato 1-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Patronato one win, two draws and Vélez Sarsfield two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Almada 2 goals |   J. Arias Cácerers 1 goals |  R. Álvarez 1 goals |
Patronato missing players
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
| Patronato | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 11% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 26% |
- All of Vélez Sarsfield's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Patronato has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Superliga
- Patronato has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Superliga
- Patronato has the fewest points (1) at home in Superliga
- Patronato has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
- Patronato has the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Superliga
- Patronato has the fewest scored goals (1) in Superliga
- Patronato has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Superliga
- Patronato has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Superliga
- Patronato has the most conceded goals (7) in Superliga
- Patronato has the most conceded goals in the second half (4) in Superliga
- Patronato has the most matches under the total-line (3) in Superliga
- Patronato has the the worst goal difference (-1) at home in Superliga
- Patronato has the the worst goal difference (-6) in Superliga
- Patronato have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Patronato have yet to win a game.
- Patronato is in the worst form (0-1-4)
- Vélez Sarsfield has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield has the most scored goals (4) away in Superliga
- Vélez Sarsfield have not yet lost a game away.
- Vélez Sarsfield have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Vélez Sarsfield have scored more than double the goals of Patronato.
- Vélez Sarsfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Patronato | Last season | Vélez Sarsfield | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 23 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 83% | ||
| 78% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 43% | ||
| 26% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | ||
| 22% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 22% | ||
| 13% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 26% | ||
| 13% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 52% | ||
| 35% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 39% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Huracan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Gimnasia La Plata | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Vélez Sarsfield | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Patronato | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 1 |